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Why Malaria Parasite Affects Red Blood Cells Deformability Revealed

...irst 24 hours of invasion by the malaria-inducing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The researchers knocked out the gene for a parasite protein called RESA (ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen), and found that the protein, transfe...

Vaccine Hope for Malaria

...do not get sick when infected with the blood-borne parasite that causes malaria in people. And the immune syst...promising antibody vaccine that worked against the parasite in a lab dish, the team could not test it in a living animal. In a new study published in the jo...

Afghan Children Fall Victim to a Disfiguring Disease

...s of the war-torn Afghanistan. It is caused by a parasite transmitted by a tiny sandfly that can lead to severe scarring, often on the face. Clinics crowded with children with sores in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The most common form of the disease is not fatal but it causes untold misery. Victims with sca...

Disease Outbreak Claims Trout From Idaho Hatchery

...chery and increase it elsewhere. Says Frew:"The parasite multiplies very rapidly. By the time we see sympto...eways of water to sterilize them, which leaves the parasite present year after year. Though hatchery officials haven't changed their fish-raising regimen in a...

Useful Parasites

...w it has spread from south to north. Earlier the parasite was s seen to decrease the fertility of the infect...eks told LiveScience. It is yet to be seen how the parasite activates such fertility. Weeks is speculating on the fact that maybe, it produces some nutritional ...

River Blindness Becoming Drug Resistant

...its half century. The really bad news is that the parasite that causes the crippling disease endemic in Afric...ite result expected from the drug - suggesting the parasite was developing immunity. ``This finding represents a wake-up call that any parasite-control program ...

Effective Treatment for Malaria Control

...aharan Africa with stable Plasmodium falciparum (a parasite that causes malaria) transmission. In these regions, strategies to control malaria during pregnancy rely on case management of malaria illness and anemia, and a variety of preventive measures that consists of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and int...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

...e they may have identified potential chinks in the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a disfiguring and somet...ity of York, northern England. "Perhaps only a few parasite genes are important in determining which type of disease develops after infection, and the host geno...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

...e witnessing an evolutionary arms race between the parasite and the host. This strengthens the view that parasites can be major drivers in evolution." The researchers focused on the Samoan islands of Upolu and Savaii, where in 2001, males of the Blue Moon butterfly made up only 1 percent of the population. ...

Olive-pomace Oil Compound Inhibits HIV Spread

...of diseases caused by protozoa Cryptosporidium - a parasite causing small intestine infection and diarrhoea - and by HIV. The University of Granada has already registered almost ten other patents related to this compound's properties. Maslinic acid is also a very active compound in opportunistic parasitic i...

Genetic Factors Behind Mosquitoes Resistance to Malaria Identified

...eir finding. When a mosquito is infected with a parasite that causes malaria, a biochemical reaction is tri...mosquitoes resistant to or susceptible to malarial parasite manifest mainly in a region of the TEP1 protein called the warhead, the portion that grabs the paras...

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