A key developmental step in the lifecycle of the most virulent species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, depends in part on a series of molecular signals that are detailed in a new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings may help scientists develop new ways to prevent malaria from spreading.
The parasites can spread from infected humans back to mosquitoes, completing their transmission cycle, only after they change from the asexual form that...