“Breaking the Cycle” chronicles five years of scientific discovery conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI). Founded at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2001, JHMRI is a state-of-the-art malaria research facility with 19 full-time faculty dedicated to the search for medical and scientific breakthroughs in malaria prevention and treatment by advancing basic science along every stage of the malaria parasite lifecycle.
The 24-page report was released today in New York during the half-day symposium “Progress Against Malaria: Developments on the Horizon,” held at the New York Academy of Sciences.
“Malaria is a global crisis afflicting half a billion people worldwide. Over 1 million die from the disease each year, many of whom are children,” said Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH, dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “The discoveries, insights and achievements made by the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute signal great hope in the fight against malaria.”
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“I am pleased to report that our broad-based, basic science approach to malaria is already having real impacts,” said Diane Griffin, MD, PhD founding director of JHMRI and the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. “From a powerful, new artemisinin-derivative treatment, to a promising, easy-to-use diagnostic test, to advances in a transmission-blocking vaccine and the development of transgenic mosquitoes, JHMRI is capitalizing on its early investments in people and technological resources. Life-saving discoveries have been made and will continue to be made.”
“Breaking the Cycle” is available for download at http://malaria.jhsph.edu/breakingthecycle . For additional information about JHMRI, visit http://malaria.jhsph.edu .
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