Monday 28 January 2013

MALARIA: Weekly Update from Malaria Nexus

 
Complement evasion mechanism of Plasmodium unraveled
Posted on 25 January 2013
Complement evasion mechanism of Plasmodium unraveled
A study published in the latest issue of Cell Host & Microbe describes how Plasmodium evades complement recognition.
 
World leaders on malaria research gather at the Keystone symposium on Malaria
Posted on 25 January 2013
World leaders on malaria research gather at the Keystone symposium on Malaria
Over 200 world leading malariologists attended this week the Keystone symposium on Malaria in New Orleans, LA, USA.
 
Rapid evolution of male genes in Plasmodium
Posted on 23 January 2013
Rapid evolution of male genes in Plasmodium
A study presented this week at the Keystone symposium on Malaria shows that Plasmodium male genes evolve significantly faster than female ones.
 
Feature Articles
 
Posted on 25 January 2013
Malaria Parasites Co-opt Human Factor H to Prevent Complement-Mediated Lysis in the Mosquito Midgut
Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 13, Issue 1, 16 January 2013, Pages 29-41
Nina Simon, Edwin Lasonder, Matthias Scheuermayer, Andrea Kuehn, Sabrina Tews, Rainer Fischer, Peter F. Zipfel, Christine Skerka, Gabriele Pradel
 
Posted on 25 January 2013
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: A zoomed image at the molecular level within a geographic context
Acta Tropica, Volume 125, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 163-190
Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Hoda F. Farag, Amal F. Allam
 
Posted on 25 January 2013
Finding the sweet spots of inhibition: Understanding the targets of a functional antibody against Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein
International Journal for Parasitology, Volume 42, Issue 12, November 2012, Pages 1055-1062
Francis B. Ntumngia, Christopher L. King, John H. Adams
 
Posted on 25 January 2013
Synthesis, characterization and antimalarial activity of quinoline–pyrimidine hybrids
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, Pages 269-277
Stefan I. Pretorius, Wilma J. Breytenbach, Carmen de Kock, Peter J. Smith, David D. N’Da

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