New High-Resolution Images Show How Malaria Parasites Evade Frontline Drugs (IMAGE)

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New High-Resolution Images Show How Malaria Parasites Evade Frontline Drugs

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New pictures of a key mediator of drug resistance for the parasite-¬-captured with single-particle cryo-electron microscopy by a team of scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeon--are now giving researchers clues about how to combat resistance.

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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