Article: FED: "Sticky" malaria parasite comes unstuck

Article: Researchers identify new way the malaria parasite and red blood cells interact.
NewsRx Health & Science;  March 29, 2009 ;     458 words ......mechanism the malaria parasite uses to enter human red blood cells, which...of human red blood cells, is...invasion of the malaria parasite. However...examined how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium...interacts with red blood cells using...

Article: Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from RBCs.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  September 17, 2005 ;     222 words ......approaches in treating malaria, scientists at the...sequence in which the malaria parasite disperses from red blood cells. This discovery...Alexander said. The malaria parasite is growing resistant...parasite spreads from the red blood cells it ...

Article: Why malaria parasite affects red blood cells' deformability revealed
The Hindustan Times;  May 27, 2007 ;     398 words ......Technology (MIT) has found out why red blood cells start to lose their ability...24 hours of invasion by the malaria-inducing parasite Plasmodium...molecular network, had caused red blood cells to become less deformable...have such a large effect on red blood cell ...

Article: FED: "Sticky" malaria parasite comes unstuck
AAP General News (Australia);  July 9, 2008 ;     150 words ...FED: "Sticky" malaria parasite comes unstuck Scientists in Melbourne have revealed how the malaria parasite sticks to organs .. to infect the...parasite infects the body's healthy red blood cells .. and transforms them into...proteins that help the parasite remodel red ...

Article: Researchers find new way to attack malaria parasite, cure disease in monkeys
AP Worldstream;  February 14, 2002 ;     540 words ......disables the spread of the malaria parasite by blocking its ability...copies of itself inside the red blood cells of victims. In laboratory...infections of two types of malaria in two types of monkeys...had no effect on the host red blood cell. If you prevent...because it ...

Article: Study sheds light on how malaria parasite hijacks human red blood cells
The Hindustan Times;  July 9, 2008 ;     450 words ......shedding light on how malaria parasite hijacks human red blood cells and fuels disease...in and totally changes red blood cells. They have...proteins produced by the malaria parasite that allows it to hijack and remodel human red blood cells, leaving the ...

Article: Patch clamp probes malaria parasite ... and peptides eliminate parasite hideouts. (malaria parasite research) (Brief Article)
Science News;  May 22, 1993 ;     411 words ......transmitted by the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes invade red blood cells, where they multiply and then burst forth to infect even more cells. As the parasite enters a red blood cell it forms a membrane through which it draws...responsible for the greatest number of human deaths from malaria, ...

Article: Dream Home: Malaria Parasite Renovates to Suit Its Tastes.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  December 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Newswire) -- The malaria parasite survives in its host by remodeling the red blood cells in which...that enables the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum...erythrocytes, or red blood cells, of the host...severe form of malaria in humans. Once...multiplication ...

Article: Ankyrin peptide blocks falcipain-2-mediated malaria parasite release.
Hematology Week;  September 22, 2003 ;     437 words ......of malaria parasites from red blood cells. FP-2 is a dual-function...into intact parasite-infected red blood cells (RBCs) via the Antennapedia...ankyrin that blocks late-stage malaria parasite development in RBCs, the researchers...malaria parasite release from ...

Article: How the malaria parasite hijacks human red blood cells.
NewsRx Health;  July 21, 2008 ;     590 words ......proteins produced by the malaria parasite that allows it to hijack and remodel human red blood cells, leaving the oxygen-carryi...in and totally changes red blood cells, said Alan Cowman...of the parasite inside red blood cells (also known as...

Article: The malaria parasite: change and conquer. (attack strategies of parasites)
Science News;  June 27, 1992 ;     580 words ......shell game that keeps the malaria parasite in business. A better understanding...deadly disease. Once the malaria parasite infects a host's red blood cells, it makes proteins...traveling to the spleen, where a red blood cell carrying it could be...residence in the ...

Article: AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS FIND NEW GENE IN MALARIA PARASITE.
AsiaPulse News;  February 24, 2000 ;     237 words ......believe they are closer to understanding why the malaria parasite, passed to humans through mosquito bites...discovered a new gene in the cells of the malaria parasite which controls drug accumulation. Dr Alan...which kills 2.5 million people a year. The malaria parasite had managed ...

Article: Genome of a monkey-human malaria parasite.
China Weekly News;  October 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......decoded the genome of a malaria parasite that has a host range...fifth and emerging human malaria parasite, which is particularly...potentially life threatening malaria. Recent surveys suggest...recognition of infected red blood cells. In addition to...variation' compared to ...

Article: Malaria parasite's cellular "choreography' prolongs infection.
Malaria Weekly (Atlanta, GA);  June 21, 2004 ;     183 words ...2004 JUN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evades the host's immune system...changing the antigen expressed on the surface of the red blood cells it infects. The trick is to ensure that changing...