Tracey Lamb, PhD, professor of pathology, is the University of Utah’s first National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellow. In this role, she will spend time with ...

Cerebral malaria represents a severe neurological complication of Plasmodium falciparum infections and remains a major public health challenge despite advances in antimalarial therapies. The condition ...

Understanding the origins of emerging diseases - as well as more established disease agents -- is critical to gauge future human infection risks and find new treatment and prevention approaches. This ...

Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and evade the immune system. The ability of the human malaria ...

1 Vascular Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2042, Australia. Cerebral malaria (CM) is a complex of syndromes relating to the ...

Antibodies that bind to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite could lead to new monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines for malaria. A novel class of antibodies that binds to a ...

Malaria infection threatens millions of people worldwide. Sequestering of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes within the blood vessels of the brain may lead to a more severe form of disease called ...

Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and evade the immune system. The ability of the human malaria ...

Scientists have identified a key molecule involved in the development of cerebral malaria, a deadly form of the tropical disease. The discovery reveals a potential drug target and way forward in ...

Both sickle cell disease (SCD) and malaria are potentially dangerous conditions that affect red blood cells (RBCs). While certain forms of SCD may increase the risk of severe complications, one type ...