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Scientists from The Australian National University have developed a trojan horse method that tricks malaria parasites into ingesting a fatal dose of drugs by exploiting the parasite’s need for cholesterol to survive.
By attaching cholesterol to drugs, the scientists can “smuggle” the drugs into the parasite where they can exert their killing effect.
The new method could lead to more effective and longer-lasting treatments for malaria.
Parasites are particularly desperate for cholesterol, since they have lost the ability to make their own.
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