Scientists discover chemical modification in human malaria parasite DNA
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Life cycle of the human malaria parasite. Say "malaria" and most people think "mosquito," but the buzzing, biting insect is merely the messenger, delivering the Plasmodium parasites that sickened more than 200 million people globally in 2010 and killed about 660,000. Worse, the parasite is showing resistance to artemisinin, the most effective drug for treating infected people.