Published in Forbes on October 13, 2011. Read the article here or below. Last Tuesday, researchers announced that an experimental malaria vaccine called RTS,S may help reduce the risk of malaria by half. The results – which are preliminary, as the researchers have only analyzed 40% of the study’s 15,000 participants so far – are [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Making vaccines cost-effective: Money is only part of the solution
Posted in Public health, Published articles, tagged Innovation, Malaria, Pharmaceutical companies, Public health, Vaccines on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One point for crowdsourcing: Gamers solve protein structure of AIDS-like protein
Posted in Public health, Published articles, tagged Foldit, Forbes, Gamification, Gaming, HIV/AIDS on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Published in Forbes on September 28, 2011. Read here or below. A small group of enthusiastic gamers on a site called Foldit recently solved the structure of a protein found in an AIDS-like monkey virus. The structure had stumped scientists for over a decade; the gamers, incredibly, cracked it in less than three weeks. Despite using advanced crystallography technology, [...]
How private distribution companies can help reduce diarrheal disease
Posted in Public health, Published articles, tagged Diarrheal disease, International development, Public health on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Published in Forbes on September 22, 2011. Read the post here or below. Everyone reading this article has suffered from diarrhea at some point, but did you know that it kills nearly 4,000 children a day? The World Health Organization estimates that diarrhea – simple, annoying diarrhea – is the second leading cause of death in children under [...]
