One of the mechanisms responsible for the progression of malaria.

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One of the mechanisms responsible for the progression of malaria has been pinpointed by a team of researchers from four universities, providing a new target for possible treatments. Using computer modeling, Carnegie Mellon Pres. Subra Suresh and his colleagues found that nanoscale knobs, which form at the membrane of infected red blood cells, cause the cell stiffening that is in part responsible for the reduced blood flow that can turn malaria deadly. Suresh and researchers from Pennsylvania State University...