Malaria parasite's invasion of blood cells tweezed apart

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 14:53 in Biology & Nature

Tugging on malaria-causing parasite cells with laser optical tweezers suggest that the parasite cells interact only weakly with red blood cells and that the interactions could be disrupted with drugs or antibodies.

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