Scientists invent new way to disarm malaria parasite
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco. The scientists have, in effect, created a domesticated strain of Plasmodium the one-celled parasite that causes malaria that would no longer cause this dreaded disease.
