Friday, November 9, 2012

Malaria vaccine disappoints in trial in African babies

Malaria vaccine disappoints in trial in African babies

A young girl with malaria rests in the inpatient ward of the Malualkon Primary Health Care Center in MalualkonLONDON (Reuters) - A GlaxoSmithKline experimental malaria vaccine touted as a new weapon in the fight to eradicate the disease proved only 30 percent effective when given to babies as part Africa's largest ever clinical trial. The surprisingly poor result for the world's first potential vaccine against malaria leaves uncertain whether it can have a useful role in fighting the mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children a year. ...



Source: news.yahoo.com

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