Seems like Malaria parasites which are known to take a heavy toll on human life annually especially in Africa finally have a solution to it. The biggest problem fighting this infection is posed by Plasmodium falciparum a malaria parasite which has become increasingly resistant to the main anti-malarial drugs. However according to a new research it has been established that some members of a class of compounds called oxaboroles which contain the element boron have potent activity against malaria parasites. (Read: New malaria vaccine can offer protection for more than a year) We demonstrated that certain oxaboroles selected from a
