Malaria caught on camera breaking and entering cell

String · 2011-01-21 10:58:32

Didnt know where to post this but tought it was pretty interesting. Can anyone explain whats actually happening after it enters the cell? http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/01/malaria-caught-breaking-and-entering-red-blood-cell.html

21-01-2011 10:58AM

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Didnt know where to post this but tought it was pretty interesting. Can anyone explain whats actually happening after it enters the cell?

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/01/malaria-caught-breaking-and-entering-red-blood-cell.html

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#2 22-01-2011 12:23AM

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I should really fish out my haematology notes. But a synopsis is the parasite generates proteins that affect the red cell membrane, changing its shape and making it more sticky and less inclined to be removed by the spleen.
Interesting to see it happening so fast.

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#3 26-01-2011 03:32PM

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Any links of it in HD?! Great video, must have taken a long time to catch it happening.

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