A new device that could help in the treatment of
malaria has been developed.
The device, when properly used, could sieve malaria
from blood. At least nearly 3.2 billion people worldwide are at the risk of
developing the mosquito-borne disease, which killed close to 450, 000 in 2015,
according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Malaria is caused by
parasites that are transmitted through the bites of infected female mosquitoes.
The WHO estimated that in 2015, there were 214
million cases of malaria in the world as well as 438, 000 deaths. The people
most vulnerable to the disease are young children, pregnant women and travelers
from malaria-free areas.
Troublingly, the disease is becoming increasingly
resistant to traditional antibiotic treatments. But, Dr. George Frodsham, a
United Kingdom scientist, has developed a drug-free treatment for malaria,
called MediSieve.
The device has a magnetic filter that removes
infected blood cells from a patient’s bloodstream. Dr. Frodsham said: ‘We can
treat the untreatable.’
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