Professor Geoff McFadden

School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Malaria’s dark secrets exposed by a simple glow

A new technique in which scientists use fluorescence to keep track of genetic information inside the malaria parasite is pin-pointing the weaknesses in the parasite’s armoury.

Sciences & Technology

Trapping malaria in a gene net

The ability of this disease to mutate to nullify drugs is actually its downfall, delivering a new weapon for stopping the spread of resistance

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