A team of researchers, including Indian-American scientist Souvik Bhattacharjee has discovered an important gene that is used to track the malaria parasites resistant to artemisinin. Mutation in the gene increases the kinase or enzyme levels, which in turn increases the levels of a particular lipid, called PI3P. The higher the level of this lipid present in the parasite, the greater is the level of artemisinin resistance. Artemisinin ...
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