An international team led by Institute researchers has visualised the unique molecular 'key' used by the world's deadliest malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to enter and infect human blood cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2018
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Most malaria drugs are designed to reduce symptoms after infection. They work by blocking replication of the disease-causing parasites in human blood, but they don't prevent infection or transmission via mosquitoes. What's ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 6, 2018
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A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) reveals a new mechanism by which the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum converts from its asexual to its sexual form, which can be transmitted to the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2018
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Malaria parasites know good times from bad and plan their offspring accordingly, scientists have found, in a development that could inform new treatments.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2018
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Malaria remains an economic and health burden to the developing world. As plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, is acquiring rapid resistance against currently used drugs, identification of new classes of anti-malarials ...
Biochemistry
Oct 10, 2018
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For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine that prevents mosquitoes from spreading malaria among humans.
Bio & Medicine
Oct 9, 2018
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Malaria parasites have evolved to be most infectious at the time of day when mosquitoes feed, to maximise the chance of being spread, research shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2018
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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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Researchers from UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis have discovered the previously unknown mechanism of how proteins from Plasmodium parasites—which cause malaria—are exported into human red blood cells, a process ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2018
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have deciphered the role of a key protein that the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum uses to obtain nutrients while infecting red blood cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 27, 2018
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