New way to disarm malaria parasite
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 21:30
in Biology & Nature
A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed. The scientists have, in effect, created a domesticated strain of Plasmodium -- the one-celled parasite that causes malaria -- that would no longer cause this dreaded disease.