Chromatin is a combination of DNA and proteins that makes up the chromosomes in the cells of humans and other higher ...

From manipulating host molecules to concealing their presence in the host’s body, microbes employ a wide range of tactics to ...

Now, a new research project funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by a malaria expert at the University of ...

Having the parasite take longer to develop in the body seems to help: with GA2, P. falciparum takes almost a week to mature ...

P. falciparum is introduced into the body via a mosquito bite. The parasite grows and multiplies first in the liver, then uses human red blood cells as a nursery in which to replicate and release ...

Scientists have engineered the pests to provide enhanced immunity to the disease they transmit, according to new study.

In this randomized controlled trial, it was found that GA2, a late-arresting, genetically attenuated Plasmodium falciparum ...

After about ten years of use, mutations within P. falciparum that conferred resistance to CQ arose independently in Columbia and Thailand. Since then CQ-resistant mutations have been spreading ...

For example, many of the resistance-driving mutations identified in the study were from a protein in P. falciparum parasites, called PfMDR1, that can move substances between various parts of the ...