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			<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/</link>
			<description>Latest news from the Malaria website</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:04:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Major clinical trial prompts call for change to treatment guidelines for severe malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX063338.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The largest ever clinical trial among patients hospitalised with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults worldwide. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, is published online in the &apos;Lancet&apos;.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Global map of the sickle cell gene confirms the &apos;malaria hypothesis&apos;]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX063340.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On a global scale, the sickle-cell gene is most commonly found in areas with historically high levels of malaria, adding geographical support to the hypothesis that, while potentially deadly, the gene avoids disappearing through natural selection by providing protection against malaria.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Human malaria &apos;came from gorillas&apos;]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062794.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Researchers have shown that the most common form of human malaria originated from infected gorillas.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Most effective malaria drug combination treatment identified]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062630.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A study identifies the most effective drug combinations recommended for use as first-line treatments for malaria.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Children with sickle cell suffer more severe malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062608.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Research has shown that the autoimmune disease lupus has one unexpected benefit: increased protection against malaria.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Drug candidate shows promise as treatment for drug-resistant malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062597.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An international collaboration of researchers describe a potent new drug candidate that can clear malaria infection in mice with a single oral dose.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Two decades of research in Vietnam]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062550.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wellcome Trust Vietnam Major Overseas Programme is a flourishing clinical research unit embedded in the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lupus gene &apos;protects against malaria&apos;]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX062440.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Research has shown that the autoimmune disease lupus has one unexpected benefit: increased protection against malaria.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Antibiotics offer &apos;vaccine-like&apos; immunity to malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX060279.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Antibiotics could offer an alternative way to generate &apos;vaccine-like&apos; immunity against malaria different to immunisation using weakened pathogens.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Project targets Africa for insights into genes, environment and health]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX060016.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[An $38 million partnership will study thousands of people in Africa to discover how genes and the environment interact in the development of diseases.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Disease control, not climate change, key to future of malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX059451.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A study published today casts doubt on the notion that warming global temperatures will lead to intensification of malaria and its widening reach.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Control, not elimination, key to Africa malaria battle, argue experts]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX059212.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Global efforts focusing on eliminating malaria are counterproductive to the fight against the disease in Africa, experts have warned.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[New trials for sterile mosquitoes to fight disease]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX058431.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A Wellcome Trust Translation Award will help trial a pioneering approach to combat mosquito-borne diseases using genetically sterilised insects.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Research shapes policy for dengue and malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX058122.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has helped shaped international and national health policy for malaria and dengue fever.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Scientists reveal how malaria parasites outwit our immune systems]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX057722.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Malaria parasites can disguise themselves to avoid the host&apos;s immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[School-age children found to be least protected from malaria]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX056698.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN) reduce the chances of developing life-threatening malaria in Africa. However, recent research shows that older children, between the age of five and 19 years are the least well protected by nets.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Parasite bacteria may help fight spread of mosquito-borne diseases]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX056669.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Infecting mosquitoes with a bacterial parasite could help prevent the spread of lymphatic filariasis, a tropical diseases of the developing world.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Monkey malaria species is potentially deadly in humans]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX056448.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Wellcome Trust-funded research has identified key features of an new form of malaria infection, confirming the potentially deadly nature of the disease.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Malaria parasites resistant to artemisinin-based drugs]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX056067.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Malaria parasites in western Cambodia have become resistant to the first-line treatment for malaria, according to a study published today.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Wellcome Trust leads parasitology research, analysis shows]]></title>
<link>http://malaria.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX055841.html</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wellcome Trust&apos;s influence in the world of parasitology research has been highlighted in an analysis of specialist publications.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00  GMT</pubDate>
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