Scientists developed first genetically-modified strain of malaria

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Updated July 31, 2009 16:49:14

Australian scientists have developed the world's first genetically-modified strain of malaria... that will now be used as a live vaccine against the disease.
Human trials of the vaccine will start in the United States early next year. Malaria kills more than one million people each year, mostly children.

Presenter: Bronwyn Herbert
Speaker: Professor Alan Cowman from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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