Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about a malaria prevention drug

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news