How malaria parasites become resistant to artemisinin antimalarial drugs

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Malaria parasite mutations that inhibit the endocytoic appetite for a host's red blood cells may render them resistant to artemisinin, a widely used frontline antimalarial drug, according to a new study, which reveals a key molecular mechanism of drug resistance.
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