Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers in Baltimore, Maryland say that they have found a new drug against malaria; they claim that it cured mice with a drug-resistant variation of the disease.

XC11, the new drug works by inhibiting the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, from reproducing

A team of researchers have made a major breakthrough in the understanding of the genetic composition of a parasite they believe might be used to stop the spread of disease.

Dubbed Wolbachia bacterium, the parasite can influence the reproductive trend among insects and even go on to influence their future generations