Global: Researchers stop side effects of disused malaria drug

Scientists have developed a new compound that they say could be used to treat the symptoms of severe malaria, potentially saving many lives. The researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden published their findings in PLoS Pathogens on 29 September. The most dangerous form of malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which kills two million people each year. Previously people with this type of malaria were treated with an anti-clotting agent called heparin, together with drugs to kill the parasites.