Compounds defeat malaria at every step
Experimental drugs are first to kill all stages of the parasite’s infection cycle
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STAGED SHUTDOWN Compounds that block a key enzyme in malaria parasites kill the protozoans in all stages of infection, new experiments show. A magnified Plasmodium falciparum parasite taken from a blood sample is shown.
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