Malaria

Nitric oxide plays key role in defense

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 11th, 2003

Utah is a long way from malaria country - but a disease that kills more than 1 million children a year is powerful incentive for medical researchers to bridge the distance.

University of Utah (U of U) School of Medicine specialists in infectious diseases are searching for ways to better treat or even prevent malaria, a major killer of children in many tropical countries. And their work is paying off.

Since August 2002, university researchers, along with U.S. and international colleagues, have published the findings of three important studies on the biochemical, genetic, and immunological aspects of the disease. The studies focus on the production...

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