Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most virulent form of human malaria. This protozoan parasite spends part of its lifecycle inside the red blood cells (RBCs) of its host. The mature ...

June 19, 2025 — During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers. MIT ...

The zoonotic pathogen Coxiella burnetiiestablishes a unique intracellular niche within a lysosome-derived vacuole. Here Bird et al. undertook proteomic, cell biology and microbiology approaches to ...