Australian research provides final clue for anti-malaria drug

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Australian research provides final clue for anti-malaria drug

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Researchers in Australia have provided the final piece of a puzzle to develop a new anti-malarial drug, which targets the parasite that causes the disease and kills it with a salt overdose. The drug, the first discovery in the fight against malaria in two decades, holds out fresh hope for conquering the disease, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year and is known for its evolving drug resistance. The malaria parasite, carried to humans by mosquitoes, lives in red blood cells, which are full of salt. ...

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