Around a million people die from malaria every year. It is caused by parasites that can be obtained from the Anopheles mosquito. Now that scientists have figured out how to detect the most dangerous strains the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have begun to piece together a path to cure malaria. Once the parasite enters into the blood stream it continues to grow and multiply inside of the red blood cells.They are well on their way to stopping the parasites from entering the cells by combining bioinformatic and genetic methods they feel that if they change the DNA sequence in the proteins in the blood cells they can stop the parasite from hiding within the blood stream so well.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121203082056.htm
Malaria truly is a magnificent disease.
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