A groundbreaking study overturns previous assumptions about a blood type’s resistance to malaria, revealing that even individuals with the “silent Duffy blood group” are susceptible…
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Scientists have discovered new malaria strains in Ethiopia that are both drug-resistant and undetectable by standard tests, posing a major challenge to malaria elimination efforts…
Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have discovered that adding liquid soap to certain pesticides can significantly enhance their effectiveness against malaria-carrying…
Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Symptoms of…
Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. It is prevalent in tropical…
Researchers identified a potential new target for malaria drugs: an enzyme called acetyl-CoA synthetase found in plasmodium. This 3D artistic illustration depicts blood cells, including…
Colorized electron micrograph showing malaria parasite (right, blue) attaching to a human red blood cell. The inset shows a detail of the attachment point at…
Recent advancements allow for novel approaches against an old enemy. Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and Naval Medical Research Center partnered…
Fulani Village. Credit: Issiaka Soulama Researchers compared metabolic responses to human malaria in children of different populations. In 2019, 409,000 people died of malaria–most were…
An. Stephensi. Credit: Radboudumc Larvae of a new malaria mosquito species are abundantly present in water containers in cities in Ethiopia. The mosquito, Anopheles stephensi,…
A new study identifies an antibody, often present in children with natural immunity to severe malaria, that attacks a particular malaria protein called pGARP. When…
The researchers specifically removed over 1,300 individual genes in the malaria parasite Plasmodium (in red, host cells in green) and were thus able to identify…
Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have identified a completely new mechanism by which mosquitoes that carry malaria are becoming resistant to insecticide.…
Duke Engineers have developed a new type of microscope that uses a bowl studded with LED lights of various colors and lighting schemes produced by…