Before invading the bloodstream, the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite rapidly reproduces inside its host’s liver cells. Researchers show that liver-stage Plasmodium relies on a host protein called […]
New research shows how some of these harmful microbes have to contend not just with a farmer’s chemical attacks, but also with their microscopic neighbors — […]
Sweet potatoes may seem as American as Thanksgiving, but scientists have long debated whether their plant family originated in the Old or New World. New research […]
The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of the Laverania […]
