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According to the World Health Organization, malaria is responsible for approximately 445,000 deaths every year. That number may be due to drop, however, as scientists have found that a human-safe blue dye kills parasites in patients' bloodstreams within two days – that's faster than has ever been possible before.
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That's where the methylene blue dye comes in.In field tests conducted in Mali, it was added to artemisinin-based medication, and was found to eradicate all gametocytes in patients' bloodstreams within as little as 48 hours. The dye is typically used in laboratories to distinguish dead cells from living cells, and was reportedly well-tolerated by the test subjects. It does, however, have one interesting side effect.
According to the lead scientist it turns your urine blue, which is reason enough for anybody to take it, really.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Aiwendil on Friday February 09 2018, @10:23AM
Actually - no, it will reduce the population estimate.
People tend to breed to the point where 1-2 offspring per couple are guaranteed survival, which means in countries with low mortality they only tend to get 1-2 children while in countries with high mortality it kinda gets out of control.