Eukaryota: News and Research on Plasmodium berghei

MeSH tree: B01.043.075.380.611.461

Genetics

Identification of gene in malarial parasite brings researchers one step closer to an effective live vaccine

The malaria parasite is still killing almost half a million people every year. A project has now identified a gene that holds out the prospect of a safe, effective live vaccine. The study is published in PLOS One.

Feb 28, 2025

0

68

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Very slow malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine

Scientists have successfully tested a new approach for a malaria vaccine in animal experiments. They used genetically modified malaria parasites that developed normally in the mosquito but at a significantly slower rate in ...

Aug 6, 2024

0

0