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TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review three novel approaches to antimalarial chemotherapy.
Links for this episode:- Targeting PI(4)K to eliminate malaria (Nature)
- Antimicrobial peptides to target sporogonic stages of malaria (PLoS Path)
- Small molecule blocks malaria invasion of mosquito (PLoS Path)
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- Letters read on TWiP 64
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