researchers at Nagasaki University are revealing details about the parasite’s life cycle and biology in the hope they can be exploited. Of the handful of parasite species that cause malaria in ...

inside the malaria parasite. Together, they keep the cell alive and allow it to continue its reproductive cycle inside the human body. As most antimalarial drugs work by interrupting various parts ...

"Having grown up in a family impacted by sickle cell disease, I have seen the extensive social, psychological, and economic toll it takes," she shares. "Today, I see malaria imposing a similar ...

A team of scientists at the University of Nottingham, have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria orchestrates ... in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence ...

Malaria is endemic in many parts of the developing world. It causes around two million deaths a year and has a huge impact both personally and econimically. An animated sequence describes the ...

Malaria is caused by being bitten by an infected mosquito. People cannot catch it from each other. But the insects catch it from infected people - and the cycle continues. It is common in large ...