Purifying parasites with light
Scientists have developed a intelligent method to purify parasitic organisms from their host cells, which will allow for more detailed proteomic studies and a deeper insight into the biology of organisms that cause millions of cases of disease each year. A number of infectious pathogens, like those that cause Toxoplasmosis or Leishmaniases, have a complex life cycle alternating amoung free-living creature and cell-enclosed parasite. A thorough analysis of the proteins that help these organisms undergo that lifestyle change would be tremendously useful for drug or vaccine development; however, it’s extremely difficult to separate the parasites from their host cell for detailed study……..
Original post by Heather Craven
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