Single-Cell RNA-Seq Used to Start Creation of Malaria Cell Atlas

In 2017, the global death toll from malaria was almost half a million people and over 200 million stricken with the parasitic infection. With rampant drug resistance continuing to spread, a greater understanding of the molecular mechanisms that govern the malaria parasite’s life cycle is paramount to developing improved therapies and prophylaxes. Thankfully, investigators from the Wellcome Sanger Institute have just released their new transcriptomic findings that are the first step toward