Toxoplasma gondii – the good guy?
Can a pathogen ‘change its spots’? Apparently, with a bit of genetic engineering, it can. Shahar Bracha and colleagues have engineered… Read more »
Can a pathogen ‘change its spots’? Apparently, with a bit of genetic engineering, it can. Shahar Bracha and colleagues have engineered… Read more »
Malaria is a disease that has plagued humanity for millennia, but it is not just a threat to humans: it infects other animals including birds such as the… Read more »
April 25th 2024 marks World Malaria Day, a time when the disease is highlighted in the media and brought to the general public’s attention for a time.… Read more »
Removing vital genes that affect a creature’s behaviour could be a way to ameliorate the impact of disease vectors such as mosquitoes. Vinaya Shetty and… Read more »
Claudia Zampaloni and colleagues have identified a new class of antibiotic chemicals - tethered macrocyclic peptides (MCP) that have proven effective against… Read more »
This past Halloween, in what could be described as timely coincidence, Tagide deCarvalho and colleagues published their study of the first known… Read more »
Join us for a coffee/ tea break and enjoy our parasite themed puzzles
In June 2023, concerning news of locally acquired malaria was reported in the US – the first such cases in twenty years. At the time, there were fears that… Read more »
On July 5th, WHO, GAVI and UNICEF announced that 18 million first doses of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 will be made available to 12 countries in Africa… Read more »
A team based in Burkino Faso show that Chromobacterium anophelis sp. nov. IRSSSOUMB001 – a bacterial strain native to the country – is highly… Read more »