While malaria remains a major public health challenge, its impact extends far beyond the immediate illness and death it ...

The physical effects of malaria occur largely because the parasite invades red blood cells, producing toxins, causing anemia (diminished red blood cell function), and potentially blocking small blood ...

Advances in malaria research and control strategies bring hope for more effective treatments and the eventual elimination of ...

By this stage, even with the best care, 1 in 10 patients will not survive.” Malaria, caused by the Plasmodium parasite, can lead to severe anaemia, a condition characterised by a deficiency of healthy ...

Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and evade the immune system. The study, published today as a ...

Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz realized that malaria was in fact surprisingly pertinent to his research. He learned that the malaria parasite thrives inside red blood cells thanks to its knack for crafting ...

In a commendable and challenging randomised, double-blind trial conducted in 725 children with sickle cell anaemia aged 6 months to 15 years (n=724 included in analysis), the incidence of clinical ...

Nov. 28, 2024 — Researchers analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug ...

The mystery of this Disease X seems to have been solved. Now to develop an approach to handling it.

Scientists have engineered the pests to provide enhanced immunity to the disease they transmit, according to new study.

It targets malaria in the “blood stage”, which comes after the plasmodium falciparum parasite that causes the deadliest form ...