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Dec 05, 2016

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week: RNA-seq, ChIP-seq to determine metformin response; array-based approach to detect protozoa in blood; and more.

Oct 05, 2015

Researchers Explore Population Patterns in Zoonotic Malaria Parasite

Three genetically distinct sub-populations appeared when the team sequenced and compared 48 clinical isolates of Plasmodium knowlesi and five lab lines.

Sep 30, 2015

Malaria GWAS Uncovers Protective Locus

A chromosome 4 locus near glycophorin-coding genes appears to decrease the risk of severe malaria in African children, particularly those from East Africa.

Jan 26, 2015

U of Maryland-led Statistical Study Points to Co-evolution of Plasmodium Parasite, Mammalian Hosts

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The results showed that mammalian-infecting Plasmodium evolved contemporaneously with their hosts, with little evidence of parasite host-switching on an evolutionary scale.

Jun 27, 2013

EU-Funded Consortium Looks to Move Blood-based, Lateral Flow Malaria MDx to Commercial Development

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A public-private consortium formed to investigate multi-drug resistance in malaria this week reached the end of a five-year, €2.8 million (about $3.6 million) project having identified a number of genetic markers related to drug resistance and developed a highly sensitive and spe

Mar 14, 2013

CDC Scientists Develop 'PET-PCR' Fluorogenic Primers to Enable Inexpensive Field-Based Malaria MDx

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This article has been updated from a previous version to correct the name and title of an interview subject.

Apr 08, 2010

CDC Researchers Verify 'Nested' PCR Assay as Gold Standard for Malaria Dx

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Scientists from the US Centers for Disease Control determined that a so-called "nested" PCR assay is more effective than easier-to-perform semi-nested or single-tube multiplex PCR assays for detecting Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria.

The Scan

Drive Resistance

Gene drives might run into biological resistance, the Economist reports.

Dalí DNA Collected

Forensic experts exhumed painter Salvador Dalí's body to collect DNA for a paternity test, CBS News reports.

Synthetic-Conservation Biology Disconnect

Yale Environment 360 writes that synthetic and conservation biologists aren't always on the same wavelength, but they are trying to reach an understanding.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: full CRISPR locus integration complex structure, and more.

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