Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT The latest malaria-related stories from a variety of media http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/malariainthenews.html http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-758 The University of Melbourne English New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine or drug development and may explain how the parasite evades the human immune system... http://newsroom.melbourne.edu/news/n-758 http://www.nature.com/news/data-sharing-aids-the-fight-against-malaria-1.10018 Nature English In the hunt for drugs that target diseases in the developing world, 'open innovation' is creating a buzz. Pharmaceutical companies are making entire libraries of chemical compounds publicly available, allowing researchers to rifle through them for promising drug candidates... http://www.nature.com/news/data-sharing-aids-the-fight-against-malaria-1.10018 http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201202/s3430905.htm ABC English The good progress being made in the campaign to eliminate malaria from countries in the Asia-Pacific region is being threatened by criminal organisations which are manufacturing and selling fake malaria medicines... http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201202/s3430905.htm http://www.biospectrumasia.com/content/140212IND18236.asp BioSprctrum English While adding that their Malaria vaccine is currently undergoing Phase III trials in Africa, Dr Joshipuria said that GSK is committed to offering vaccines world over as per their tiered pricing structure. The pricing structure is based on the individual country's GDP, thus enabling maximum outreach to the respective country's citizens. Higher the country's GDP, higher would be the price of GSK vaccines... http://www.biospectrumasia.com/content/140212IND18236.asp