Sticky end for malaria parasites

Eight new proteins that transport the Plasmodium falciparum parasite’s ‘glue’ to the surface of infected red blood cells have been found, and the researchersn from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, have shown that removing just one of these proteins prevents the infected red blood cells from sticking to the walls of blood vessels.

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