The secrets of the most deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium facliparum, have been unravelled by scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), raising hopes that stagnation in drug development for the disease can end.
The team at NTU has mapped the behaviour of the 5,300 genes of the parasite. Previously, only half the genes were understood. The discovery was reported in January 2010's edition of the journal Nature Biotechnology.
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