February
2018
Development of a Malaria Vaccine - RAM Project
RABS Project 16-2016/17
Rotary Club of SOUTHPORT D9640
the Malaria Vaccine Project
In 2017, a project partnership between the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, Rotary Clubs,
Rotarians Against Malaria - RAM and the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society was formed.
Known as the Malaria Vaccine Project, it is determined to make the dream of a malaria vaccine a real-
ity. The project aims to raise $500,000 to support the critical clinical trials of the vaccine PlasPro-
tecT®, created by Professor Michael Good AO and his team.
PlasProtecT® consists of whole malaria parasites grown in a laboratory under strictly controlled con-
ditions. These parasites are then treated so they can no longer replicate or cause infection. When ad-
ministered in a vaccine, an immune response is raised without causing disease, priming the body to
fight malaria parasites that may enter the body in the future.
A pilot clinical study in healthy human volunteers demonstrated the A pilot clinical study demonstrated
PlasProtecT® approach is safe and able to induce an immune response. the approach is safe and able to
Funding is required to demonstrate that PlasProtecT® is safe and effec- induce an immune response.
tive in a larger number of human volunteers.
Linking Eastern Region
Districts, 9650, 9670,
9675, 9685, 9700, 9710
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