Genetic material in blood cells may affect malaria parasites

Posted August 15th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Biology, News.

Researchers may finally have discovered why people with sickle cell disease get milder cases of malaria than individuals who have normal red blood cells. In a finding that has eluded scientists for years, the researchers discovered that genetic material in red blood cells may help alter parasite activity via a novel mechanism that alters parasite gene regulation.

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