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A protective paradox

Nature volume 444, pages 825–827 (2006)Cite this article

The infectious form of the malaria parasite has thousands of proteins, making it tough to develop a vaccine for it. Narrowing down which proteins cause protective immune responses may help resolve the problem.

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Figure 1: Malaria parasites.

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The author is chief executive of Sanaria Inc., the primary mission of which is to develop a radiation-attenuated P. falciparum sporozoite vaccine.

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