Drexel University scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two new antimalarial drugs operate: They give the parasite’s skin a boost in cholesterol, making it unable to traverse the ...

Researchers from the Universities of Bath and Leeds (UK) have made a significant advance in the fight against malaria by uncovering a promising new potential target for drug discovery.

For over 70,000 years, the malaria parasite has profoundly shaped human migration and settlement patterns, forcing ancestors ...

Research published in The FEBS Journal may help overcome challenges to the treatment of malaria—a tropical disease caused by ...

Research published in The FEBS Journal may help overcome challenges to the treatment of malaria-a tropical disease caused by ...

India, May 8 -- Malaria remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, despite being preventable and treatable.

Malaria infected 282 million people in 2024, compared with 238 million in 2018, and the death toll climbed from 575,000 to ...

A new malaria vaccine showed encouraging results in a phase 1 study conducted in Bamako, Mali, West Africa, a region where malaria remains a year-round threat to public health. Published in NEJM ...

Global malaria cases are increasing despite vaccine progress, with funding gaps and resistance limiting the prevention and ...

Did you know that the world's deadliest animal is the mosquito? And Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous. This bug spreads viruses that cause dengue fever, which was recently declared as an ...

A gene called PfAP2-HS allows the malaria parasite to defend itself from adverse conditions in the host, including febrile temperatures, according to new research. The study resolves a long-standing ...