Genes linked with malaria’s virulence shared by apes, humans

Monday, October 12, 2015 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

The malaria parasite molecules associated with severe disease and death–those that allow the parasite to escape recognition by the immune system–have been shown to share key gene segments with chimp and gorilla malaria parasites, which are separated by several millions of years, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public […]

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