malaria
- Immunology
How Malarial Parasites Outrun Human Immune Cells to Cause Malaria
Malarial Parasite is able to cause malaria because it is three times faster than the immune cells which fail to capture the parasite due to their less speed as compared to the parasite. A team of researchers from the University of Heidelberg has found how malarial parasites move faster than their enemy i.e. immune cells. The focus of the study…
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Plasmodium Parasite Tricks Liver Cells To Survive and Cause Malaria
We are fighting the battle against malaria mainly by either helping people evade infected mosquitos or developing an approach to killing the parasite after it enters the bloodstream. But a team of Duke University researchers wants to use a different strategy which is to disrupt the parasite while it hides inside the liver. A new study led by the team…
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How Genetic Mutation Can Help In Preventing Malaria
A new study done by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute suggests that a genetic mutation which protects people from malaria and was assumed to be rare is unexpectedly common. This new study also led to the finding that humans who live in close quarters with malaria-carrying mosquitos may evolve defenses against the disease. It has been demonstrated during the study that…
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