RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got there way ...

Despite decades of efforts to combat it, malaria remains a major global health threat. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2025 World Malaria Report, about 282 million cases and ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

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

Malaria remains a persistent public health burden, with Plasmodium falciparum causing the most dangerous form of malaria and the most lethal infections. Its capacity to develop resistance to current ...

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

COMMENT: With malaria cases rising around the world and countries stepping back on aid commitments, we stand at a crossroads.

Researchers have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body's immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the parasite, ...

The ancient ancestor of Plasmodium was a water-dwelling photosynthetic algae. The tiny organ is a relic of the parasite’s ...

Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes ...

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