Archive for: April 2018

  1. THE GENES THAT TURN MALARIA INTO A KILLER

    “A small group of proteins are associated with the most severe strains of malarial infection and their discovery is a step towards a vaccine against the …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/duffy-lab/2018/04/09/the-genes-that-turn-malaria-into-a-killer

  2. Malaria’s most wanted: Identifying the deadliest strains to design a childhood vaccine

    Science Daily 20th March. “Researchers have identified a ‘genetic fingerprint’ associated with the most deadly strains of malaria parasites, making these unique DNA regions potential targets …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/duffy-lab/2018/04/09/malarias-most-wanted-identifying-the-deadliest-strains-to-design-a-childhood-vaccine

  3. new paper identifies severe malaria associated parasite proteins that might be vaccine candidates

    A new paper from our lab (Tonkin-Hill G et al  The Plasmodium falciparum transcriptome in severe malaria reveals altered expression of genes involved in important processes …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/duffy-lab/2018/04/09/new-paper-identifies-severe-malaria-associated-parasite-proteins-that-might-be-vaccine-candidates