Malaria

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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can…

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that…

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators in Uganda at the Makerere University School of Medicine have uncovered…

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats, some of which may protect…