Home improvements: How the malaria parasite makes the red blood cell home sweet home

Abstract

A recent study published in Nature by de Koning-Ward et al. provides further insights into the way in which the lethal malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, remodels the host red blood cell during the pathogenic blood stage of development. © The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, IBCB, SIBS, CAS. All rights reserved.