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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The drugs used to treat and prevent malaria in Mozambique are still effective, according to a genomic analysis of drug resistance markers in P. falciparum, carried out by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 21, 2023
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How malaria parasites evolved to evade a major antimalarial drug has long been thought to involve only one key gene. Now, thanks to a combination of field and lab studies, an international research team has shown a second ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2023
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A study out of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research at McMaster University has resulted in the discovery of a promising new antimalarial compound.
Biochemistry
Oct 27, 2021
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Detailed and extensive genome sequencing of a subspecies of rat-infecting malaria parasites should instruct human malaria research.
Cell & Microbiology
May 31, 2021
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For the first time, UBC researchers have shown a key difference in the three-dimensional structures of a key metabolic enzyme in the parasite that causes malaria compared to its human counterpart.
Biochemistry
May 1, 2020
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The solution to the problem of increasing drug resistance among malaria-causing parasites could come from the North, according to a study published in Chemical Communications by researchers from Université Laval and the ...
Biochemistry
Jun 5, 2019
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A new mathematical model for malaria shows how competition between parasite strains within a human host reduces the odds of drug resistance developing in a high-transmission setting. But if a drug-resistant strain does become ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2018
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NUS scientists in collaboration with researchers from Norvatis have discovered two genetic markers in Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite that can cause it to develop resistance against a new antimalarial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 3, 2018
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Limiting a much-needed resource could pit pathogens against one another and prevent the emergence of drug resistance. New research demonstrates that harnessing competition among pathogens inside a patient could extend the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2017
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