Genetic material in blood cells may affect malaria parasites
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 12:02
in Biology & Nature
Researchers may finally have discovered why people with sickle cell disease get milder cases of malaria than individuals who have normal red blood cells. In a finding that has eluded scientists for years, the researchers discovered that genetic material in red blood cells may help alter parasite activity via a novel mechanism that alters parasite gene regulation.