Though recent research has given hope to the anti-malaria cause, the deadly disease still claims more than half a million lives each year. A study led by researchers at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis suggests that a certain compound results in the body's immune system treating malaria-infected cells the same way it does aging red blood cells, leading to the parasite becoming undetectable in mice within 48 hours. .. Continue Reading Compound kills off malaria by making infected cells appear as aging red blood cells
Section: Medical
Tags: Cells, Disease, Malaria
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