The battle against malaria is taking place on many fronts. We've seen solar powered traps; efforts to genetically engineer mosquitoes to make them immune to the disease-causing parasites; methods of making mosquitos infertile; and, of course, insecticides and vaccines. But the issue with those last two is that the malaria parasites and mosquitoes that carry them can evolve to develop resistance to the chemicals meant to kill them or ward off the disease. New research from Stockholm University, however, might now give the world another method of trying to beat back the disease that still caused about 429,000 deaths in 2015.
.. Continue Reading How the malaria parasite "hails a cab" to reach more victimsCategory: Biology
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