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Scientists have discovered a new target in their fight against the devastating global disease malaria thanks to the discovery of a new protein involved in the parasite's life cycle.
The Plasmodium malaria infection cycle begins when sporozoites enter the blood of the vertebrate host after being bitten by a mosquito.
"Winged Scourge" highlights the destructive impact of the malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquito, illustrating how this tiny insect spreads disease and misery to millions. The film explains the life ...
Scientists have discovered a new target in their fight against the devastating global disease 'malaria' thanks to the discovery of a new protein involved in the parasite's life cycle.
Scientists have pin-pointed the 72 molecular switches that control the three key stages in the life cycle of the malaria parasite and have discovered that over a third of these switches can be ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, there were approximately 229 million cases of malaria around the world, of which 409,000 were fatal. Now, researchers at the Francis Crick ...
The mosquito-borne infectious disease malaria resulted in about 241 million clinical episodes and 627,000 deaths in 2020.
Mosquitoes spread malaria. Now researchers hope that a gene drive technology could turn them into malaria fighters. Although not every scientist thinks it's a good idea to genetically modify a ...
As the South had the most malaria transmission, the center was based in Atlanta, still home to the CDC today. The tools used to control it now, while improved, adhere to many of the same principles.
Working underground in a biosafety level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated.