What is it about?
We devised a strategy to identify bacterial molecules capable of inhibiting growth of Plasmodium falciparum, the agent that causes malaria.
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Why is it important?
Malaria is still a major global health problem and thus requires development of new therapies for treatment.
Perspectives
Hopefully, the implementation of this strategy on a greater scale could help to identify new, potentially useful anti-malaria compounds.
Maria Mercedes Zambrano
Corporación Corpogen
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This page is a summary of: Development of a genetic tool for functional screening of anti-malarial bioactive extracts in metagenomic libraries, Malaria Journal, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0748-6.
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