learn more [19659004] According to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazil reported 174,522 cases of malaria in 2017 in the Amazon region. compared to the previous year, when 117,832 were reported. According to the organization, in 2016, 216 million cases of the disease were recorded, which killed 445,000 people worldwide.
Scientists tested the molecule in in vitro cultures and also performed tests on mice using a model for malaria studies in animals. According to one of the authors of the article, Rafael Guido, of the São Carlos Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo (USP), the molecule has shown great power against Plasmodium falciparum and is very selective, that is to say that it only acts on the protozoan. without causing damage to the cells of the host organism. "In animal testing, the molecule was able to reduce the amount of parasites in the blood by 62% by the fifth day of testing," he says.
