Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. Researchers at EMBL Barcelona, the University of Texas, the University of Copenhagen, and the Scripps Research ...

Chimpanzees have protective genetic adaptations against malaria, according to a new study that could provide important insights into developing more effective malaria vaccines for humans. In the ...

Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than 600,000 people every year – most of them African children under five. In a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a human challenge trial, the GA2 vaccine prevented 89% of people who received it from being infected with ...

Scientists already know that people with sickle cell traitare less likely to develop severe malaria. What has never been ...

Researchers have created a "mosquito STD" in an effort to stop the pesky pests from spreading malaria to humans.A team of researchers that included a University of Maryland entomologist came up with a ...

Comprehensive genetic mapping of Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria, has revealed the genes required for malaria infection of the blood, and those driving drug resistance. By ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated by researchers at Harvard ...

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A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the deadliest form of human malaria, that could ...