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by civilitty 1031 days ago
> Like pretty much anything involving malaria, I'd say this is a temporary victory at best. Malaria has a long history of developing drug resistance. And vaccine resistance could well prove similar.

Combination therapies like this one with multiple mechanisms of action are far less likely to develop drug resistant strains. They’re increasingly used to treat HIV, cancer, STDs, and other diseases that are even more adaptable than malaria.