WEHI researchers have visualised a key protein complex in malaria parasites for the first time, uncovering a new target for next-generation vaccines that could help stop the disease from spreading.

WEHI researchers have visualized a key protein complex in malaria parasites for the first time, uncovering a new target for next-generation vaccines that could help stop the disease from spreading.

From Moscow to Boston, these two molecular biologists built their lives and careers together studying RNA in a disease-causing parasite In their newest paper, Afasizhev and Afasizheva—along with ...

A depiction of proteins Pfs230 and Pfs48/45 bound together. This binding process is crucial for the malaria parasite’s ability to fertilise and spread. Australian researchers have visualised a key ...

A new mRNA vaccine targeting immune cells in the liver could be the key to tackling malaria, a disease that causes over half a million deaths each year according to the World Health Organization, yet ...

As molecular biologists at Boston University and as husband and wife, Ruslan Afasizhev and Inna Afasizheva, have worked together for decades. Together, they have published dozens of papers on the ...

Another mRNA vaccine for malaria is on the way. This time, its creators are taking a page from the cancer immunotherapy playbook to make it more effective. In an article published July 20 in Nature ...

A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein complex, potentially paving the way for novel drug discovery in the future. The ...