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Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.
Mosquitoes exposed to the newly developed compounds show reduced malarial parasite growth even when infected four days later.
“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.
A potent combination of antimalarial compounds added to bed nets blocked parasite transmission in mosquitoes while ...
Scientists have fabricated two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. They designed netting systems to deliver antimalarial drugs called Endochin-like Quinolones (ELQs) that ...
Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...
Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while ...