Genetically Modified Fungus Could Fight Malaria

NPR In a cramped London laboratory filled with test tubes, bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus. For years, Angray Kang at Westminster University and colleagues have been testing whether they could genetically tweak a fungus to kill the malaria parasite carried by… Continue reading Genetically Modified Fungus Could Fight Malaria

Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells

Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), achieved this long-held aim using a combination of electron, light and super… Continue reading Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells

A Breakthrough in Malaria Research

Scientists from Scotland have reported a major breakthrough  in fight against malaria. The team from Edinburgh University in collaboration with  a team in Portugal  have discovered a gene that offers the drug resistance trait to the parasite. Drug-resistant plasmodium falciparum parasites are a major hindrance in the battle against the deadly disease. Chloroquine, the most… Continue reading A Breakthrough in Malaria Research