Zeeshan, M., et al. (2022) Genome-wide functional analysis reveals key roles for kinesins in the mammalian and mosquito stages of the malaria parasite life cycle.

Reviewed by Megan Craig, M.Sc. Aug 28 2023 The mosquito-borne infectious disease malaria resulted in about 241 million clinical episodes and 627,000 deaths in 2020.

In the current study, led by Zbynek Bozdech, PhD, and Manuel Llinas, PhD, postdoctoral fellows in the DeRisi lab, the researchers sought to identify the genes involved in carrying out the third, and ...

The sexual stage of the malaria parasite's life-cycle occurs within the mosquito after it has fed on malaria-infected blood.

Researchers said they have identified a new “hidden” life cycle of malaria parasites in the human spleen — a finding that could have implications for malaria elimination programs, one of ...

Malaria parasites, of which Plasmodium falciparum is the most widespread and lethal, are transmitted by mosquitoes and have a complex life cycle. Malaria symptoms occur once the parasite's asexual ...

Hesperos, the human-on-a-chip company, models the full life cycle of a deadly malaria parasite by combining a human ...

New Jersey officials are now investigating whether a resident’s malaria infection was locally acquired. The New Jersey ...

The researchers, led by Henri J. Vial of the University of Montpellier in France, report that G25 attacks malaria by interrupting a key part of the parasite's life cycle.