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Keeping pace with changing parasite genetics

April 24, 2015June 29, 2018 Communications Team malaria, P. falciparum, Pf3k Consortium, Plasmodium falciparum min read

25.04.15 Malaria parasites adapt at a frightening rate. A global collaboration has compiled a large collection of P. falciparum genomes and is using this resource to keep up.

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Poised and waiting for malaria’s next move

September 12, 2014July 2, 2018 Communications Team Africa, artemisinin resistance, malaria, malaria parasite, Mali, Plasmodium falciparum min read

11.09.14 Scientists across Africa have set up a network to track and rapidly respond to the emergence of antimalarial drug resistance. Sanger International Fellow Abdoulaye Djimdé explains why it’s so vital

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Secrets and secretions of merozoite proteins

July 10, 2014July 2, 2018 Communications Team cell surface signalling, malaria, merozoites, Plasmodium falciparum min read

10.07.14 If we can understand the function of the proteins displayed on the surface of malaria parasites, we might be able to make highly effective vaccines

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Walking a thousand miles starts with one step

September 12, 2012July 2, 2018 Communications Team malaria, malaria parasite, mosquitoes, Plasmodium falciparum, protein, red blood cell, reuters influential researchers min read

11 Sept 2012: The Malaria Programme at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is carrying out research addressing questions about the continuing emergence of drug resistance in malaria. Knowing which proteins in a cell are palmitoylated, specific protein-membrane interactions, can give important clues about their regulation or function—clues that can be used to piece together new ideas about how cells work.