An obligatory step during the malaria infection cycle is the development of Plasmodium sporozoites into thousands of merozoites in each hepatocyte. This development process occurs within the ...

T he parasite that causes malaria requires precise control of gene expression to progress through the various stages of its complex life cycle. A new study, by a multinational team of researchers ...

The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the malaria parasite enters the red blood ...

researchers at Nagasaki University are revealing details about the parasite’s life cycle and biology in the hope they can be exploited. Of the handful of parasite species that cause malaria in ...

The researchers found that the protein quality-control system called the prefoldin chaperonin system in Anopheles mosquitoes is needed for malaria parasites to move efficiently through their life ...

Epigenetics are one of life's primary drivers of adaptations. They are why human beings who live at high altitude have more ...

Malaria is endemic in many parts of the developing world. It causes around two million deaths a year and has a huge impact both personally and econimically. An animated sequence describes the ...

The final breakthrough came in 1897 when Ronald Ross, in India, demonstrated that Plasmodium completed its life cycle in mosquitoes, proving they were malaria’s vectors. This scientific triumph ...