Griffith scientists unlock the “Malaria Box”

Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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A “Malaria Box” that could hold the answer to discovering new drugs to treat tropical diseases and cancer has been created for researchers around the world. Griffith University tropical disease researchers have joined together with a host of international laboratories to advance drug discovery for major topical diseases through the creation and testing of the […]

Researchers use innovative approaches to tackle malaria

Institute for Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery will explore the effects Zika virus has on neurological cells.
Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)
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Griffith University researchers are tackling the enormous global health problem of malaria through innovative approaches to develop new vaccine and drug candidates. At Griffith’s two leading biomedical research institutes — the Institute for Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery — research teams are firmly focused on, and are making progress towards the global […]

Here’s why we don’t have a vaccine for Zika (and other mosquito-borne viruses)

Institute for Glycomics and the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery will explore the effects Zika virus has on neurological cells.
Griffith Sciences
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By Suresh Mahalingam, Principal Research Leader, Institute for Glycomics As Zika fear rises, especially in the wake of the World Health Organization last night declaring a state of public health emergency, people are inevitably asking why we don’t have a vaccine to protect against the mosquito-borne virus. Zika is generally a mild illness, causing fever, […]