Malaria Vaccine, Via Mosquito

CodeShark writes "The AP is reporting that mosquitoes have been used for the first time to deliver anti-malarial vaccine through their bites. According to this article the results were crystal clear: 100% of the vaccinated group acquired immunity, everyone in the non-vaccinated control group did not. Those in the control group and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later, the vaccinated group did not. Malaria kills nearly a million people per year, mostly children."

Comments

population control

[Anonymous Coward]

so, a million more people a year in malaria infested regions? That's going to hugely tax the infrastructure that's not counting on the population boom.

let it be, and while you're at it, abandon the research into a swine flu vaccine. There's too many people already on this planet.

Re:Okay, I read TFA, what I want to know is

[timmarhy]

malaria isn't a death sentence, if 10 people get malaria and become a bit sick, but it saves a million children, what would you do?

Re:Good news, everyone

[mindstrm]

It is absolutely a vaccine. After being exposed to this combination of things - you both

a) Don't get malaria
and
b) are now immune to malaria

Re:This needs modding

[ColdWetDog]

I didn't see anything else. No script sometimes = no fun but damn people, if you can't make a simple news site without cross site scripting, maybe you should find another line of work...

"Those and developed malaria"?

[SEWilco]

Those in the control group and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later, the vaccinated group did not.

Rephrase, please. The control group did what?

Re:Terrible idea.

[Mashiki]

How the hell did that post get to +4? Must be heartless mod night on /.

Did you know that Africa could feed itself, and half the world if they simply stopped fighting. Went to modern farming techniques and stopped fighting? That Zimbabwe was once the breadbasket of Africa and fed nearly the entire sub-content before Mugabe came to power. I for one welcome the eradication of diseases that are terrible and crippling.

Perhaps we should just stop all immunizations world wide, and let people drop dead. Well that's fine with me, I'm vaccinated against everything I can be. But tell that to some 4 year old kid who will never walk and live in an iron lung because mommy and daddy had a conscience attack, and refused to give her a polio vaccination.

Re:Terrible idea.

[am 2k]

The best way to get the population levels down is to have a better life standard. Just look at the birth rates in Europe and North America.

Re:Answering my own question

[martinX]

I worked in a research lab next to a bunch that did malaria vaccine work. They ran human trials occasionally and were always on the lookout for vict--- errr, volunteers. In this country, you can't pay people for taking part so they were offering book vouchers. Seriously. And it would have taken place on the weekend. My weekend not at work. I politely declined.