Neat News 418 (added 2017-02-21)

Step towards Vaccine against Malaria

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Malaria is a global killer and one of the most dangerous infectious diseases. Unfortunately there is no vaccination against it, but as reported there is now some progress towards a vaccination against malaria. In the new approach the patient receives non-weakened malaria pathogens plus the anti-malaria drug chloroquin. This was done in varying concentrations in a group of 67 subjects. The initial results are promising

News seen at: Der Spiegel - Gesundheit (in German)