Sentences with phrase «antibodies against the parasite»

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These antibodies are transferred to the infant and act against bacteria, viruses, and parasites.

In 2012, James and colleagues reported that they had engineered Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes with genes that produce antibodies against malaria parasites.

In work that has spanned more than a decade, the researchers analyzed blood from adults living in malarial regions of Africa and eventually traced the protection to antibodies against a previously unknown malaria parasite protein called MSP3.

Previous studies had shown that the apicoplast - targeting drugs have a delayed - death effect: They allow the parasite to grow and replicate in the liver, where the immune system can develop antibodies against the invaders.

One pioneer parasite will express a brand new var gene that encodes a PfEMP1 protein that the immune system has not seen before and therefore has no specific antibodies against.

Happily, given its significance in developing countries, the paper, «Antibodies to PfSEA - 1 block parasite egress from RBCs and protect against malaria infection,» is not behind the Science subscription wall.