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Researchers Make Major Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough

Australian scientists say they have made a malaria vaccine discovery
that takes them a step closer to understanding the immunology of the
disease.

Researchers at Melbourne's Burnet Institute have found people who are
immune to malaria, develop antibodies to a specific protein produced
by the disease.

Earlier this year, American researchers found a third of the drugs
used to treat malaria are counterfeit.

Malaria kills nearly one million people a year worldwide including in
Pacific countries like Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

The senior author of the Burnet Institute study, Professor James
Beeson, says the findings are a big step in getting on top of the
disease.

"Many of the drugs that we've been using to treat malaria, the
infection's becoming resistant, so they're becoming less effective,"
he said.

"So what that means is that our ability to treat and control malaria
is declining, and that really puts the emphasis back on trying to find
and develop effective vaccines that we can administer in malaria
affected areas."

The new findings have been published in the prestigious Journal of
Clinical Investigation.