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A Vaccine For Malaria!!
« on: October 18, 2007, 06:27:46 AM »
 An experimental malaria vaccine protected 65% of Mozambique infants who received a full course of injections, paving the way for a large clinical trial of what could be the first vaccine against the deadly disease, researchers reported today.

Infants are among the most vulnerable to malaria, but they have also proved to be difficult to immunize for a variety of illnesses, including measles and pneumococcal disease.

The findings "show that we are making real progress toward a malaria vaccine," said Dr. Christian Loucq, director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, which sponsored the trial with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He said he thought the vaccine could be commercially available by 2012.

The results, published online in the journal Lancet, were reported today at a Seattle malaria meeting sponsored by the Gates Foundation.

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Re: A Vaccine For Malaria!!
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2007, 08:59:28 AM »
Masha'alah, I hope it will work and be available in markets before 2012.
I'm Sure it will be the greatest discoveries of this century.
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