Genomics Moves to the Front Line of Malaria Surveillance
A new Frontiers in Genetics collection shows how portable sequencing, SNP barcode panels, and genomic epidemiology are turning malaria parasite ...
Tag: Plasmodium falciparum
Benzothiazole Emerges as a Promising Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Malaria
A new review argues that benzothiazole derivatives, acting through DHFR inhibition and heme detoxification, could yield next-generation antimalarials effective against ...
Malaria Parasite RNA Helicase PfDDX1 Emerges as a Regulator of Blood-Stage Development
A new study shows that the conserved DEAD-box RNA helicase PfDDX1 modulates the pace of intraerythrocytic development and gene expression ...
Colorimetric LAMP Test Spots Hidden Malaria Infections in the Peruvian Amazon
A colorimetric LAMP assay combined with column-based DNA extraction markedly outperformed microscopy for detecting low-density Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum ...
Hidden Malaria Duo: First Evidence of Delayed Dual Plasmodium Infection in an Ivorian Patient
A case report in BMC Infectious Diseases describes the first evidence of a Plasmodium falciparum–Plasmodium ovale co-infection in an Ivorian ...
Cancer Drug Candidates Show Dual Power Against Malaria Parasite
University of São Paulo researchers found that fourteen derivatives of an anticancer compound kill Plasmodium falciparum at both the blood ...
Human Mobility Undermines Brazil’s Push to Eliminate Amazonian Malaria
A new analysis of over five million Amazonian malaria cases shows that human mobility, especially linked to mining and indigenous ...
Sugar Bait Traps Fail to Curb Malaria in Landmark Three-Country Trial
A pooled analysis of Phase III trials in Kenya, Mali, and Zambia found no significant reduction in clinical malaria from ...
Sickle Cell Trait Quietly Rewrites the Genetics of Silent Malaria Infections
A large survey of schoolchildren in Cameroon shows that sickle cell trait does not prevent asymptomatic malaria infections but strongly ...
Sickle Cell Trait May Supercharge Malaria Parasite Transformation Into Transmissible Forms
A study in Burkina Faso finds that people carrying sickle-cell trait or hemoglobin C show elevated sexual conversion of malaria ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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