Sentences with phrase «human red blood cells»

Scientists have identified a protein on the surface of human red blood cells that serves as an essential entry point for invasion by the malaria parasite.
Researchers have discovered that protection from the most severe form of malaria is linked with natural variation in human red blood cell genes.
Scientists have investigated what the malaria parasite does when it is living inside human red blood cells.
The problem with using meters designed for humans is that they were designed to work with human red blood cells which are larger than dog and cat red blood cells.
Plasmodium parasites infect human red blood cells and gain entry via receptors on the cell surface.
They were therefore able to get lots of snapshots of the malaria parasites» genomes as they divided inside human red blood cells over the course of a year.
«Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites have evolved several key - like molecules to enter into human red blood cells through different door - like host receptors.
The researchers created the nanosponges by separating the membranes of human red blood cells from their internal contents and stabilizing the membranes with an engineered core designed to absorb the toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria.
The metallopolymer by itself even demonstrated antimicrobial properties, lysing bacterial cells while leaving human red blood cells unaffected.
«Natural resistance to malaria linked to variation in human red blood cell receptors: First study to identify protective effect of glycophorin gene rearrangements on malaria.»
In a study at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, scientists grew malaria parasites in human red blood cells for over a year.
This is a microscopic image of human red blood cells infected with Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum (blue), which kills half a million people in the developing world every year.
A study of the way malaria parasites behave when they live in human red blood cells has revealed that they can rapidly change the proteins on the surface of their host cells during the course of a single infection in order to hide from the immune system.
While these could be plantings in a Crayola garden, they're actually gold nanowires about as tall as a human red blood cell is wide.
Researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute have identified a protein on the surface of human red blood cells that serves as an essential entry point for invasion by the malaria parasite.
The risk of developing severe malaria turns out to be strongly linked to the process by which the malaria parasite gains entry to the human red blood cell.
Human red blood cells are usually disc - shaped with a central dimple but conditions such as sickle - cell anaemia alter their shape.
The dome's structure inspired an explanation of the architecture of human red blood cells, the discovery of fullerene molecules (which take the form of buckyballs and carbon nanotubes), and ways to process data for robotic vision.
Human red blood cells are usually disc - shaped with a central dimple but conditions such as sickle - cell anaemia and malaria alter their shape.
Julian's primary research interest is investigating the molecular details of the interactions between P. falciparum and human red blood cells (erythrocytes), with a particular focus on genomic and proteomic approaches.
By examining the results of genome - wide association studies (GWAS) in conjunction with experiments on mouse and human red blood cells (RBCs), researchers in the lab of Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish have identified the protein cyclin D3 as regulating the number of cell divisions RBC progenitors undergo, which ultimately affects the resulting size and quantity of RBCs.
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