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Gut reaction
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2013
MALARIA kills over a million people each year, most of them children below five. Ninety per cent of these deaths are caused by the deadliest malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. An international team of researchers has taken the fight against this parasite a step further by solving the age-old puzzle of how it survives inside the human body.
Most disease maps unreliable
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2013
Why is accurate mapping important?
Accurate mapping helps quantify global burden of infectious diseases, assess the likelihood of disease outbreaks and explore the propensity of disease emergence and evolution. It also acts as a tool of international biosurveillance.
What motivated you to do the study?
Interviewee:
B. Katherine Battle
Bitter is better
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2013
BITTER food might be bad in taste but is good for health. Scientists at University of Massachusetts Medical School in the US have found bitter substances can halt asthma attacks and respiratory problems, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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