Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases in human history, and a new study has revealed some of the ways it adapts to its human hosts. Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland and the University of Glasgow in the UK have identified a gene in the malaria parasite that enables it to evade the human immune system. The gene, called P47, allows the parasite to survive and replicate, even when the host’s immune system is trying to fight it off. The findings could help develop new treatments for malaria and other diseases caused by similar parasites.

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source: Phys.org