Tag: transmission-blocking vaccines
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New protein insights pave way for malaria transmission-blocking vaccines
New protein insights offer a path to blocking malaria transmission Malaria remains a global health challenge, infecting hundreds of millions and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. While existing vaccines reduce the risk of infection, they do not fully prevent the parasite from spreading from person to person via mosquitoes. A multinational team…
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New insights into malaria proteins offer pathway to blocking parasite transmission
Unlocking the blueprint for blocking malaria transmission Researchers have made a pivotal advance in the fight against malaria by revealing the detailed structures of two of the parasite’s surface proteins. Using millions of high-resolution images gathered with cryo-electron microscopy, scientists from Radboud university medical center in the Netherlands and The Hospital for Sick Children Research…