Many cancer survivors live with the worry that their cancer might come back. This "recurrence" occurs when cancer cells hide somewhere in the body—like in the bone marrow—and start growing again, ...

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The battle to control malaria infection has been hampered by many factors, including emerging drug resistance. Now, two papers published in Nature have opened up the door to a wealth of compounds that ...

Plaquenil, or hydroxychloroquine, is an anti-malaria medication that is commonly used to treat autoimmune disorders like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. During World War II, it was found that ...

The antihistamine astemizole could prove a promising antimalarial agent, according to a new study. Finding new antimalarials among existing drugs could accelerate the process of developing new ...

Much of common pharmaceutical development today is the product of laborious cycles of tweaking and optimization. In each drug, a carefully concocted formula of natural and synthetic enzymes and ...

There were two cases of poisoning with the anti-malaria drug chloroquine in Nigeria after President Donald Trump praised it as a possible cure for the new coronavirus. Two people were hospitalized for ...