Human malaria parasites grown for the first time in dormant form | MIT News

Novel technology could allow researchers to develop and test new antimalaria drugs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2018 ~8 min

Ingestible drug-delivery materials may help patients comply with treatment regimens | MIT News

Hydrogel-based capsules could expand and reside in the GI tract for days, slowly releasing medication.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
July 25, 2017 ~6 min


The creation of a public engineer | MIT News

Hadley Sikes is bridging the gap between engineering and public policy to solve big social problems at home and abroad.

Meg Murphy | School of Engineering • mit
April 27, 2017 ~4 min

Taking aim at a key malaria molecule | MIT News

Measuring the parasite’s heme levels could help scientists develop better antimalarial drugs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 27, 2017 ~6 min

New capsule achieves long-term drug delivery | MIT News

Technology could aid in elimination of malaria and treatment of many other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 16, 2016 ~7 min

MIT-USAID program releases supply chain evaluation of malaria diagnostics | MIT News

Study of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Uganda assesses scalability, identifies supply chain challenges.

Lauren McKown | D-Lab • mit
Oct. 13, 2016 ~7 min

Engineering foe into friend | MIT News

Bose Grant awardee Jacquin Niles aims to repurpose the malaria parasite for drug delivery.

Jessica Fujimori | MIT News correspondent • mit
Jan. 22, 2016 ~8 min

Researchers identify new target for anti-malaria drugs | MIT News

Manipulating the permeability of a type of vacuole could help defeat malarial parasites.

Helen Knight | MIT News Office • mit
May 13, 2015 ~6 min


New source of cells for modeling malaria | MIT News

Liver cells derived from stem cells can be infected with malaria and used to test potential drugs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 5, 2015 ~7 min

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