Comments on: On the Way to Cure Malaria

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:12:46 +0000

I think that this new drug might change the numbers of people infected by malaria, but in Africa there is just too many people being infected. It will be too hard to spread the drug to everyone! Also I found an article on Science Daily about a newer drug coming out about malaria. If you would like to check it out here is the link http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100111154920.htm

By: kailani

kailani — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:45:25 +0000

i think that the drug might help but than agian thier is human error and it might just worson it but either way they should just buy millions of nets for africa i mean thier only like $3 for just one and are probably only maid from 3 cents

By: briana c.

briana c. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:49:15 +0000

Hey Jennifer,
first off great blog, i really enjoyed reading about malaria, it even inspired me to look up more about the history of mosquitos and malaria.
Did you know that it is thought that mosquitos are originally from Africa. Another discovery was that scientists have uncovered fossils from 30 million years ago that contain proof of malaria mosquitos. Also they have found what they believe to be evidence of the first treatments of malaria in Peru in the early 1600′s. More so malaria was originally called “agues” and their attempt at curing and/or treating this agues was through an English tree bark, given the nickname “Jesuits powder”.

Alphonse Laveran was one of the original scientists who began researching the causes, effects, and cures of malaria, at a military hospital in Algeria. He was initially responsible for explaining the black pigment found in the blood of the people who suffered from malaria. These particles were called melanins and there

By: Jong

Jong — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:09:47 +0000

I think that the new drug of malaria might be able to fight back the disease a little, but it might not be able to completely cure the disease because it seems hard to “starve” the infection by not allowing it to obtain nutrients. The infection could get the nutrients from almost anywhere in the body, which means the whole body would might have to not have nutrients anymore.

I can find out more about malaria in wikipedia, or other scientific websites like http://www.cdc.gov/Malaria/. But this cure seems new, so I’m not very sure if a website would have the information to this cure.

By: Ms Baker

Ms Baker — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:37:19 +0000

The comments to this post were sadly deleted accidentally and are in the process of (hopefully) being recovered. Among the original comments were a few remarks left by the researchers Jennifer blogged about in her post! But, until that happens, please check out the awesome blog responses to the post that can be found here: Malaria and World Public Health: Jennifer in science and song, Terra Sigillata A Synthesis of Art and Science, Nashworld