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Study reveals disorient malaria parasite to prevent it from causing harm
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Malaria continues to be a serious public health issue, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with almost 250 million cases each year and 621,000 fatalities. The parasitic disease malaria is spread by mosquitoes and is brought on by a species of bacteria called Plasmodium. Plasmodium must adjust
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Study examines the intentional enslavement of zombie flies by puppeteer fu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Lead author Carolyn Elya, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, describes the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the ability of the parasitic fungus Entomophthora muscae (E. muscae) to influence the behaviour of fruit flies i
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