CAPE TOWN (2012-08-28): The University of Cape Town’s Science
Department believes that it has found a single dose cure for Malaria.
This was announced by researchers that have been working on this
compound, from the aminopyridine class, for several years.
Unlike conventional multidrug malaria treatments that the malaria
parasite has become resistant to, Professor Kelly Chibale and his
colleagues now believe that they have discovered a drug that over 18
months of trials ”killed these resistant parasites instantly”. Animal
tests also showed that it was not only safe and effective, but there
were no adverse reported side effects. Clinical tests are scheduled for
the end of 2013. If this tablet is approved in coming years, this
achievement will surely usher in a new age for science in Africa. It
will save millions upon millions of lives on the continent, helping
avoid at least 24 percent of child deaths in sub-Saharan
Africa. Professor Chibale proudly explains: “This is the first ever
clinical molecule that’s been discovered out of Africa, by Africans,
from a modern pharmaceutical industry drug discovery programme. The
potent drug has been tested on animals and has shown that a single oral
dose has completely cured those infected with malaria parasites.” This
“super pill” could potentially cure millions of people every year, and
save the lives of over one million people from around the world each
year. This “cure” will most likely save health care systems throughout
the developing world billions of dollars and open new areas for
development and settlement.
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