Malaria Nexus weekly update

From:	Malaria Nexus
	Nov 5, 2012

Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus

Here is your weekly update from Malaria Nexus. You'll find all the latest news, articles and podcasts which we've added over the last week below. If you no longer want to receive these updates you can unsubscribe by updating the preferences in your account. Paul-André Genest, PhD Managing Editor, Malaria Nexus   Latest News   Posted on 02 November 2012 New insights in the immune defense of anophelines against Plasmodium A new study recently published in Cell Host & Microbe describes the implication of splicing factors Caper and IRSF1 in the immune response to Plasmodium in Anopheles.   Posted on 02 November 2012 Optimal temperature for malaria transmission lower than previously thought? A new model predicts optimal malaria transmission at 25 °C (77 °F) instead of 31 °C (88 °F).   Posted on 02 November 2012 Novel anti-malaria drug leads! A team of scientists recently identified two histone lysine methyltransferase inhibitors with potent activity against Plasmodium.   Posted on 01 November 2012 The magnetic properties of hemozoin used to detect malaria A new technique to detect malaria parasites in blood based on the magnetic properties of hemozoin was recently described.   Feature Articles   Posted on 01 November 2012 Anopheles NF-κB-Regulated Splicing Factors Direct Pathogen-Specific Repertoires of the Hypervariable Pattern Recognition Receptor AgDscam Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 12, Issue 4, 18 October 2012, Pages 521-530 Yuemei Dong, Chris M Cirimotich, Andrew Pike, Ramesh Chandra, George Dimopoulos   Posted on 01 November 2012 Tricks in Plasmodium’s molecular repertoire – Escaping 3′UTR excision-based conditional silencing of the chloroquine resistance transporter gene International Journal for Parasitology, Volume 42, Issue 11, October 2012, Pages 969-974 Andrea Ecker, Rebecca E Lewis, Eric H Ekland, Bamini Jayabalasingham, David A Fidock   Posted on 01 November 2012 Modeling Plasmodium vivax: Relapses, treatment, seasonality, and G6PD deficiency Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 316, 7 January 2013, Pages 25-34 Farida Chamchod, John C Beier   Posted on 01 November 2012 Ethnopharmacology guided screening of traditional Indian herbs for selective inhibition of Plasmodium specific lactate dehydrogenase Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 144, Issue 1, 31 October 2012, Pages 201-207 Priyadarshan Keluskar, Sanjay Ingle

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