Malaria Research 3 Important Works - Antimalarial Drugs, Vaccines, Molecular

Description: Three important works on malaria research:W. Peters & W.H.G. Richard, Antimalarial Drugs I / Antimalarial Drugs II (2 Volumes) (1984 Springer-Verlag), two 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover volumes, xviii, 484, xviii, 520 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. Volume I covers biological background, experimental methods and drug resistance. Volume II covers current antimalarials and new drug developments. Irwin W. Sherman, Malaria Vaccines: The Continuing Quest, 2016 World Scientific Publishing (London), 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), viii, 269 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with bumping to the upper tip of the rear cover and to the lower edge of the front cover. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. - In 2013, 200 million people were infected with malaria, resulting in over 584,000 deaths, with the potential to affect over half the world's population. Such is the widespread nature of malaria that it is increasingly believed only a vaccine will lead to its eradication. Although the first attempt at a vaccine was made a century ago, it is only in the last 30 years that real progress in testing has been made, in the hope of discovering a molecule that can provide long-lasting protection against the disease. In July 2015, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that after 30 years of research it had received the green light from the European Medicines Agency for the world's first malaria vaccine, RTS, S, for use in African children aged 6 weeks to 17 months. This book chronicles the development of RTS, S — done in collaboration with the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) and funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — as well as previous candidate vaccines. It also focusses on the continuing quest to find more effective vaccines against this continuing health crisis. Finally, it provides an easily understood background on recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies and places them in perspective to their contributions to malaria vaccine development. This book serves as a convenient and easily accessible source of information for students, teachers, microbiologists, parasitologists, physicians, clinicians and research funders. Irwin W. Sherman, Molecular Approaches to Malaria, 2005 ASM Press (Washington, DC), 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall glossy pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, xviii, 542 pp. Fine copy. - An overview of the rapid and significant developments that have occurred in malaria research. Provides an introduction to Plasmodium molecular biology and its genetics and evolution. Examines the intricate host-parasite relationship through comprehensive coverage of invasion and gamete formation, growth and metabolism, immune invasion, protection mechanisms, and the malaria vector. Serves as an important resource for molecular biologists, biochemists, cell biologists, chemists, pathologists, parasitologists, entomologists, and immunologists, and a single reference source to update teachers, investigators, and public health officials on the status of malaria research.

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