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Dr Peter Bull comments on new malaria research
29 October 2015
The most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum , manufacture molecules called PfEMP1 that make parasites stick to blood vessel linings in the brain and other organs. Very similar molecules have now been discovered ( see here ) in malaria parasites that infect chimpanzees and gorillas. This suggests that...