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May 22, 2012 at 03:14 | Source: Terra Daily
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May 17, 2012 at 19:48 | Source: Digital Journal
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May 16, 2012 at 23:02 | Source: KPBS
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May 22, 2012 at 19:06 | Source: SmartBrief
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May 23, 2012 at 09:18 | Source: IRIN
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May 17, 2012 at 05:07 | Source: Med India
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May 14, 2012 at 12:49 | Source: medicalxpress.com
Two billion people live in regions where malaria is present, making the delivery of a malarial vaccine a costly and logistically difficult proposition, especially when that vaccine is expensive to produce. So the UC San Diego biologists set out ...
May 17, 2012 at 04:10 | Source: News-Medical.Net
So, what can be done about it? We take a look at a malaria vaccine that the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline claims could change everything. It has been 30 years in the making and is in the final stages of trials in 11 locations across Africa.
May 25, 2012 at 17:37 | Source: Aljazeera.com