ATLANTA, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Researchers battling malaria say they have found a new, if unlikely, ally -- a seaweed in Fiji that produces a compound shown to kill the malaria parasite.
The seaweed, a form of red algae, produces an anti-fungal compound that has been shown to be effective against the parasite, which has evolved resistance to many existing malaria drugs, AAAS ScienceMag reported Monday.
The most recent anti-malaria drug, artemisin, is already coming up against a resistant strain of the disease in Cambodia, scientists say.
In Fiji, chemical ecologist Julia Kubanek of the Georgia Institute of Technology collected seaweeds and other marine species to look for natural antibiotics, screening compounds isolated from those organisms not just for antibiotic potential but also for anti-cancer, anti-HIV and other biomedical properties.
Kubanek discovered that the red algae, Callophycus serratus, produced a family of unusual ring-shaped compounds called bromophycolides that in biological screening were found to have strong anti-malarial properties.
If the seaweed compound is found to be effective in animal and human studies, scientists say, it could be the next weapon against a disease that claims a million lives a year.
2 comments:
Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don’t Cambodia goverment transparencies explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! Treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting Khmer nation?
Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make Cambodian people suffer everyday as Cambodian people know already.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol (Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapoor with heap of great natural resources) in education system in Cambodia.
Look at Hun Sen families, relatives; friends are billionaires, millionaires where do they get the money from if we all just get out of war with empty hands? Hun Sen always say in his speech Cambodia just get up from war, just get up from Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% innocent Cambodian people are so poor struggling with living every day.
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Dear All KI-Media readers
I have simple question, do you think that PM Hun Xen and PM Abhisit Vejjajiva are stealthy talking to each other (intelligence)? I think they both are best friends; they got benefit from each other. Look, what happened in Thai-Muslim's boundary right now? Thai PM killed some of the Muslim there, but in order to move the attention of Thai people from this murder, Thai PM’s trying to play with Khmer territory.
The same as Khmer PM, he afraid that Khmer people will wake up and knock him down just like Egypt, Tunia and the others countries in Middle East-revolution. That why he moved all the Khmer people attention to the border conflict.
Khmer oery, it time for us to knock the dictatorial regime down by using our democratic voices. I am sure US is going to help us to claim the victory of real freedom for Khmer and to destroy the injustice, dictatorial regime Khmer spirit land.
Attention: When ever Khmer gets Freedom and when Viet pro is not holding Cambodia anymore, the new Cambodia leader will get Kos Trol and others territories back from Vietnam and Thai (No more border dispute).
Please don’t just say, you really need to implement, and you will see the result from Khmer democratic voice of fighting for FREEDOM.
From KHMER FROM NOWHERE
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