Tracking dormant malaria

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In an advance that could help scientist discover new malaria drugs, MIT researchers have shown that they can grow dormant human malaria parasites in engineered human liver tissue for several weeks, allowing them to closely study how the parasite becomes dormant, what vulnerabilities it may have, and how it springs back to life.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news