Cryo-electron microscopy

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Killing the malaria parasite by blocking its recycling system

An international collaboration has developed a new drug candidate that stops the malaria parasite from breaking down waste, resulting in fatal ‘molecular constipation’ and hope for new treatments

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Molecules in motion

Why Cryo-EM, or speed-freezing molecules to create 3D images that can diagnose human cell behaviour, is taking the structural biology world by storm

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Exposing malaria’s atomic machinery

Scientists have used atomic level imaging to reveal for the first time exactly how an important malaria strain invades the blood, providing a design guide for a vaccine or drug