Major advance in the treatment of severe malaria in our region
...death in our region. At least 120 million cases of falciparum malaria occur in South East Asia each year," Professor Anstey said. "The reduction in mortality from severe malaria associated with artesunate therapy is excellent news for the poorest communities of the region," he said. "This is the first time tha...Gene expands malaria's invasion options
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum uses different pathways to invade red blood cells,...hed in the August 26, 2005, issue of Science , P. falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria, which results in one million deaths a year worldwide. Some ...Gene expands malaria's invasion options
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum uses different pathways to invade red blood cells... in the August 26, 2005, issue of Science. P. falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria, which results in one million deaths a year worldwide. Som...Measuring hidden parasites in falciparum malaria
... patients with the most dangerous type of malaria, falciparum malaria. Usually the severity of disease is measur...is method in 337 patients with varying severity of falciparum malaria they found that the average parasite burden was more than six times higher in patients with ...42 biomedical scientists worldwide named HHMI international research scholars
...he mechanisms involved in the spread of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to quinine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. Jean Dubuisson, D.V.M., Ph.D. Chief of Laboratory at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS) Institute of Biology of Lille Institut Pasteur of Lille ...Researchers unmask malaria parasite's cloaking mechanism
... understanding how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum disguises itself to avoid detection by the immune ... a master of disguise. Throughout its lifetime, P. falciparum continually changes the version of a protein known as PfEMP1 that it deposits on the surface of infe...Scientists reveal molecular secrets of the malaria parasite
...ring four sequenced genomes (the human malaria P. falciparum and the rodent malarias P. yoelii, P. chabaudi a...ei, P. chabaudi) by aligning them against the P. falciparum genome to create a whole-genome synteny map of the four species. In collaboration with Leiden Unive...MIT team engineers new approaches to understanding malaria, more
...vely in response to the full development of the P. falciparum parasite inside the cell," Suresh said. "Such information at the molecular level is vital to gain insights into the pathogenesis of malaria, and potentially offers the opportunity to develop better drugs," Suresh added. Precise measurements of infect......anism that enables the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to export proteins across a cell membrane to estab..." Previous studies have identified five or six P. falciparum proteins involved in the infection of host's red blood cells But Cowman's team--thanks to the comple...