WEHI researchers have visualized a key protein complex in malaria parasites for the first time, uncovering a new target for next-generation vaccines that could help stop the disease from spreading.

Researchers at University of California San Diego analyzed the genomes of hundreds of malaria parasites to determine which genetic variants are most likely to confer drug resistance. The findings ...

The Nature Microbiology study looked into how the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, evades the immune system. This parasite causes more than 95% of the 400,000 deaths caused by malaria each year.

Catching malaria in the US is extremely rare, but when it happens, the mosquito-borne parasite can masquerade as another parasite that's regularly found in the country, leading to a misdiagnosis ...

Drexel University scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two new antimalarial drugs operate: They give the parasite’s skin a boost in cholesterol, making it unable to traverse the ...

A parasite that causes the most common form of malaria is evolving to be undetectable by current tests. Some scientists want to zero in on compounds in patients’ breath instead.

The malaria parasite takes up residence in red blood cells. However, since red blood cells cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, it has so far been our understanding that malaria parasites could ...

A study in Mali suggests that malaria parasites hide out during the dry season by altering the properties of red blood cells. By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Each year malaria kills roughly 400,000 people ...

Scientists have discovered a highly-promising new weapon that could help counter drug-resistant malaria, demonstrating how a compound can stealthily infiltrate the parasite and causes it to self ...

Researchers in Tanzania are now altering local mosquitoes in the same way as the researchers in London to see how well the modification works against local malaria parasites. If these studies are ...

The discovery, published in Science, has led to the development of a promising new mRNA vaccine candidate that stops the malaria parasite from reproducing inside mosquitoes, breaking the cycle of ...