The malaria parasite is a master of adaptation. To complete its life cycle, the parasite must be transmitted from a mosquito to a human and then back to a mosquito again. Over millions of years of evolution, it has adapted ...
Evolution
Dec 22, 2023
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Scientists have developed a technique to rapidly and reliably detect genetic changes in malaria parasites in Ghana, using just a gaming laptop and portable MinION sequencer from Oxford Nanopore.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 27, 2023
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A newly-discovered gene in the malaria parasite could be a good target for future drugs aimed at preventing disease transmission.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2023
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The discovery of a malaria protein that helps the parasite grow inside red blood cells and plays a key regulatory role in the parasite's immune evasion tactics could pave the way for new vaccines or therapeutics to combat ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2023
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Current methods can vastly overestimate the rates that malaria parasites are multiplying in an infected person's blood, which has important implications for determining how harmful they could be to a host, according to a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2023
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Research led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) and the Kirby Institute found that inflammation in the body can slow down the development of malaria parasites in the bloodstream—a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 9, 2023
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Gene expression within the apicoplast, an organelle in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is regulated by melatonin (the circadian signaling hormone) in host blood and intrinsic parasite cues, via a factor called ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 3, 2023
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A Burnet Institute-led collaboration has used genome sequencing and genetic engineering to explain how a specially selected drug molecule or compound can prevent the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from invading red ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2023
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Malaria is a devastating disease, with 247 million cases and 619,000 deaths reported in 2021 alone. Malaria causes fever and a flu-like illness that occurs when people are infected with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 30, 2023
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New research by a team of UT researchers could provide a promising approach in the battle against malaria. In their research published in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, the researchers combat the malaria parasite in ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 19, 2022
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