Malaria Treatment Drug That Kills Parasite 'In 48 Hours' Shows Promise For Human Trials

A new malaria drug that is said to kill 80 percent of the parasite in 24 hours and render the virus "undetectable" after 48 hours in mice shows promise for human trials, research from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, indicates. The anti-malaria compound, known as SJ733, tricks the body's immune system into flushing out red blood cells infected with malaria, a deadly disease caused by a parasite carried in the saliva of female mosquitoes.