Malaria is one of the most common causes of death in children in Africa and is triggered by a small parasite that lives in the blood. When the parasite builds up in the blood vessels of the brain, it ...

Every year, more than 400,000 people die from malaria, the majority are children under the age of five years old, who die from a disease which affects more than 200 million people a year. The most ...

Malaria is one of the most common causes of death in children in Africa. When the parasite builds up in the blood vessels of the brain, it develops into one of the most dangerous forms of the disease, ...

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) sought to understand the mechanisms that drive the creation of atypical B cells (ABCs) in the immune system, which were seen as “junk cells.” ...

Two separate studies, in Kenya and Uganda, have offered clues on how malaria immunity is obtained and how long it lasts. The work reveals for the first time the role of a subset of natural killer ...

New data published in The Journal of Immunology uncovered the role of Plasmodium falciparum infection (malaria) in the development of Burkitt lymphoma (BL), the most common childhood cancer in ...

Anopheles insects that overexpress Rel2 transcription factor could help control malaria spread in the field. Scientists say engineered mosquitoes that overexpress a transcription factor controlling ...

Across the world, over 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90 percent of which happen in Africa. Children in Africa can be diagnosed with ...

Endangered great apes get malaria, just like humans. New evidence from wild bonobos shows us the infection harms them, too. Malaria is a devastating disease caused by parasites transmitted through the ...

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