Malaria vaccine comes closer to reality with 3D protein map
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Washington D.C: Although, progress has been made in the last 10 years towards developing malaria vaccines, there is no practical or effective vaccine that has been introduced into clinical practice. Now, a newly-developed three-dimensional 'map' has offered some hope.
A team of scientists have created the first 3-D 'map' of a critical protein that malaria parasites use to invade human red blood cells, which could lead to a vaccine countering the most widespread species of the parasite.
The discovery also raises the prospect of a vaccine that could target both the most prevalent and the most deadly malaria parasites that infect humans, a significant development for the future of malaria prevention.
A team of scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute established the first atomic-resolution structure of the protein PvRBP, used by Plasmodium vivax to infect human red blood cells.
A team of scientists have created the first 3-D 'map' of a critical protein that malaria parasites use to invade human red blood cells, which could lead to a vaccine countering the most widespread species of the parasite.
The discovery also raises the prospect of a vaccine that could target both the most prevalent and the most deadly malaria parasites that infect humans, a significant development for the future of malaria prevention.
A team of scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute established the first atomic-resolution structure of the protein PvRBP, used by Plasmodium vivax to infect human red blood cells.
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