Malaria genetics: investigate shows how illness became deadly

Amadeo23 May, 2018Health

The secrets of how malaria became a human-killer have been suggested by a genetic study. The work, led by researchers from Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, compared 7 forms of malaria � tracing a parasite�s family tree. This suggested that, about 50,000 years ago, a parasites diverged, with one �branch� elaborating into a many