European and Australian scientists unite to fight malaria

Published: 25-Mar-2008

An agreement has been signed between European and Australian scientists, committing them to co-operating in developing new medicines to fight malaria.


An agreement has been signed between European and Australian scientists, committing them to co-operating in developing new medicines to fight malaria.

This memorandum of understanding has been signed by Australia's Research Network for Parasitology and the EU-funded Network of Excellence on the Biology and Pathology of Malaria (BioMalPar). The deal will see these groups of scientists stage joint research projects, co-ordinate meetings, exchange students and senior scientists and create organisations promoting new antimalaria innovations.

"This should give an extra push to boost global co-operation on fundamental questions of malaria research," said a European Commission note.

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