The emergence of multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum underscores the urgent need for new antimalarial therapies. SC83288, a novel chemical entity, is highly effective against P. falciparum both in vivo and in vitro, including strains resistant to artemisinin and partner drugs. Here, we sho...
The malaria parasite life cycle includes asexual replication in human blood, with a proportion of parasites differentiating to gametocytes required for transmission to mosquitoes. Commitment to differentiate into gametocytes, which is marked by activation of the parasite transcription factor ...