Indian Origin Scientist Finds Way to Beat Malaria :
According to Niraj Tolia, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and biochemistry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, they have found how a form of malaria - common in India, southeast asia and south America - attacks red blood cells by clamping down on the cells with a pair of proteins.
The study, appeared in the journal PLOS Pathogens, provides details that would help scientists design better vaccines and drug treatments for this strain.
Earlier studies had suggested that one P. vivax protein binds to one protein on the surface of red blood cells.
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