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Novel compound can interrupt malaria parasite´s lifecycle
Publicado em 09 outubro 2019
Scientists have proven that a novel compound inhibits key enzymes to interrupt the malaria parasite's lifecycle in human organisms and prevents transmission to vector insects.
Malariakills nearly 500,000 people per year, and more than 200 million new cases of the disease are reported annually. One of the obstacles to eradication is the parasite's emerging resistance to existing drugs.
The results of the study, publishedin the journalScience, pave the way for the development of a new [...]