Uncategorized - January 12, 2013
New findings about severe malaria
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have recently uncovered new knowledge about severe malaria that could lead to new interventions. Red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is the type most lethal to humans, bind to receptors on cells lining blood vessel walls. This helps the parasite avoid being discovered and […]
Nobel Prize Laureate - February 8, 2009
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: A true scientist
When Françoise Barré-Sinoussi came to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008, she felt like she was in another world. As a true scientist, her world consists of research, either in the lab or out in the field in developing countries, fighting the very same virus she was receiving the Prize for discovering: the HIV virus.
