SC83288 is a clinical development candidate for the treatment of severe malaria

Severe malaria is a life-threatening infection with limited treatment options. Here, using a medicinal chemistry approach starting from amicarbalide, Pegoraroet al. identify a compound that, when delivered intravenously, can cure Plasmodium falciparuminfection in a humanized mouse model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stefano Pegoraro, Maëlle Duffey, Thomas D Otto, Yulin Wang, Roman Rösemann, Roland Baumgartner, Stefanie K Fehler, Leonardo Lucantoni, Vicky M Avery, Alicia Moreno-Sabater, Dominique Mazier, Henri J Vial, Stefan Strobl, Cecilia P Sanchez, Michael Lanzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14193