Discovery About Fertilization Points Way To Possible Malaria Vac...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 13:00

International investigations of an organism that has been referred to in the past as "silly little green scum" have led to key insights into the basic mechanisms of reproduction.

The findings may help explain why species can almost never interbreed, and also point to a possible way to thwart the spread of malaria, a disease that kills about 1 million people each year, primarily children in sub-Saharan Africa.

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