Second, the variants that cause single-gene disorders are highly penetrant (meaning each variant is sufficient ... for its protective effect against malaria). To find such variants, we need ...

Essential Genome of Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Knowlesi Mapped Feb. 6, 2025 — A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a ...

A new clinical trial from Scripps Research in La Jolla aims to make significant gains in the global fight against malaria by making a drug that has been around since the 1970s last longer.

New COVID Variant: In 2019, the world saw the emergence of the deadliest virus outbreak SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19. This deadly virus evaded the human immune system, targeting the ...

New COVID Variant Detected: Four years after the world witnessed the deadliest COVID-19 pandemic triggered by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, China has once again warned that a new variant of COVID-19 has ...

A NEW mutant strain of mpox discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be better at spreading between people, health officials warn. This new mutation of the Clade 1a mpox variant ...

A specific variant of the tau protein, known as the 1N4R isoform, mediates the harmful effects of protein clumping in human brain cells.(Unsplash) Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs ...

In Ethiopia, the Ministry of Health was forced to terminate contracts for 5,000 workers across the country focused on HIV and malaria prevention and vaccinations. In South Africa, thousands of ...

Mar. 14, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that cancer cells suppress 'poison exons' -- genetic elements that act as an off switch for protein production -- in a key gene called TRA2 ...