This identified at a genomic scale the molecular requirements for parasites to grow ... provide insights into one other ...

An introduction to the diversity of single-celled eukaryotes, i.e., protozoans, that are parasites of humans, domestic, and wild animals. Lectures emphasize the morphology, physiology, and life cycles ...

For these studies, they used the protozoan Plasmodium berghei, a close relative of Plasmodium falciparum that infects mice rather than humans. As hoped, they found a genetically modified parasite ...

The approach is underpinned by the millions of years of evolution that led to the creation of proteins by Plasmodium falciparum, the unicellular protozoan parasite that causes malaria. The ...

David Roos had been studying nucleated parasites such as Toxoplasma and Plasmodium (malaria) for several years when he decided to ask a simple question: How do antibiotics such as clindamycin work in ...

The team developed a novel vaccine that contains an mRNA sequence for ribosomal protein L6 (RPL6), a highly conserved Plasmodium protein. This protein is expressed consistently while the parasites are ...

The cycle begins when an infected Anopheles mosquito bites a human, injecting Plasmodium sporozoites that are highly infective, into the bloodstream. These parasites first travel to the liver ...