The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...
The identification of NEK1 as a key regulator in the malaria parasite’s life cycle is a critical milestone in this effort.
You have full access to this article via your institution. Several vaccines that target different stages of the malaria parasite life cycle are now in clinical trials (see the table). The most ...
Although waves of bloodstream-stage parasite (merozoite) replication typify the pathology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, surprisingly little is known about how parasites exit from infected ...
was a co-first author for the Medicines for Malaria Venture paper detailing a series of potent compounds active against all three stages of the malaria parasite life cycle.
Malaria is endemic in many parts of the developing world. It causes around two million deaths a year and has a huge impact both personally and econimically. An animated sequence describes the ...