Video SNiP: In Mice, A Single Mutation Topples Malaria’s Defenses | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Video SNiP: In Mice, A Single Mutation Topples Malaria’s Defenses | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

NIAID Now - Video SNiP: In Mice, A Single Mutation Topples Malaria’s Defenses

Plasmodium falciparum—the microscopic parasite that causes malaria—is a master of eluding the human immune system. In a new NIAID Video SNiP, researchers explain their efforts to track down the genetic source of Plasmodium’s stealth. Their findings were published online today in Science Advances.