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Malaria vaccine

Institution:

New York University School of Medicine

Researchers:

Ruth Nussenzweig, MD, and Victor Nussenzweig, MD, NYU School of Medicine

Impact:

The Nussenzweigs discovered that the malaria parasite can be inactivated at the stage in its life cycle before it enters the human liver by irradiating it, and also that the irradiated parasites were capable of inducing protective immunity. This work directly led to the development of the only approved malaria vaccine, among other vaccine candidates currently in clinical trials.

Timeline:

1967

Topics

AgingBasic ScienceCancerCardiovascularClinical ResearchDiagnosticsDrug DevelopmentFeaturedGeneticsImmune SystemInfectious DiseaseMedical DeviceMental HealthNeurodegenerativeNobel PrizePediatricsPublic HealthRespiratorySurgical AdvancementTechnologyTreatment AdvancesVaccines

Schools

Albany Medical CollegeAlbert Einstein College of MedicineCity University of New York School of MedicineColumbia University College Of Physicians and SurgeonsHofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra UniversityIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiJacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, the University at BuffaloNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic MedicineNew York Medical CollegeNew York University School of MedicineSchool of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester Medical CenterStony Brook University School of MedicineSUNY Downstate Medical CenterSUNY Upstate Medical UniversityTouro College of Osteopathic MedicineWeill Cornell MedicineWeill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian