Identification of gene in malarial parasite brings researchers one step closer to an effective live vaccine

The malaria parasite is still killing almost half a million people every year. A project has now identified a gene that holds ...
Purdue University

Purdue leading effort to digitize North American parasite collections

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife conservation and livestock productivity. But getting an accurate picture of their distributions and associations with ...
Nature

Import of host δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase into the malarial parasite: Identification of a new drug target

Figure 1: Identification of the protein on P. berghei membrane binding to mouse red blood cell ALAD. Figure 2: Analysis of binding of mouse red blood cell ALAD deletion mutants to solubilized P.