Promising compound rapidly eliminates malaria parasite

Saturday, December 6, 2014 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

A promising anti-malarial compound tricks the immune system to rapidly destroy red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite but leave healthy cells unharmed, an international group of researchers has found. Planning has begun for safety trials of the compound in healthy adults.

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