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January 03, 2013

Penn Team Mimicking a Natural Defense Against Malaria to Develop New Treatments
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jan 01, 2013
One of the world's most devastating diseases is malaria, responsible for at least a million deaths annually, despite global efforts to combat it. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, working with collaborators from Drexel University, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Johns Hopkins University, have identified a protein in human blood platelets that points to a powerful new weapon against the disease. Their work was published in this months' ... read more

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