Progress in the fight against malaria
On 13 November, 2017 2017 | Science Space Comments Off on Progress in the fight against malaria No tagsThe research team lead by Maria Mota, Professor at FMUL and Researcher and Executive Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, discovered that the parasite of the malaria virus, once installed in the liver of the host, develops a defence mechanism. This research showed the existence of a protein that blocks the process of self-destruction of the parasite in the liver.
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