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Starving Malaria Parasites

December 7, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Researchers have developed an antimalarial agent that is effective at clearing infections caused by the malaria parasite most lethal to humans—by literally starving the parasites to death. The study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, carried out on a small number of non-human primates, could bolster efforts to develop more potent therapies against one of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, BCX4945, hypoxanthine, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, Purines, Yeshiva University

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