Science news articles about 'malaria resistance'

The WHO has confirmed resistance to the malaria drug artemisinin at the Thai-Cambodia border, prompting urgent action.

... undergone a relatively rapid rate of evolutionary change, the mark of natural selection for malaria resistance. The newfound parallels between baboons and humans bring the long history of conflict ...

Scientists have discovered that variations in a single gene affect mosquitoes' ability to resist infection by the malaria parasite

... . These included: the genetic maternal effects on sons, the heterozygote advantage (as is found in malaria resistance), and "sexually antagonistic selection." The latter is a particular aspect of ...