By SHIGEKO SEGAWA/ Staff Writer
September 19, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A RIFIN protein of malaria, painted in orange on the top right, combines with a molecule that suppresses immunity. (Provided by Osaka University and the University of Oxford)
OSAKA--The parasite responsible for malaria generates a look-alike of a human protein to suppress the workings of the immune system, leaving humans “defenseless” against infection, according to Japanese and British researchers. [Read More]
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