Infectious disease: Blocking malaria parasite invasion and egress

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 17, 17 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.253 Author: Sarah Crunkhorn Growing resistance of the malaria-transmitting parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to existing therapies has increased the need for new therapeutic approaches. Two new papers in Science now report vital roles for plasmepsins IX and X (PMIX and PMX) in P. falciparum invasion and egress
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