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D. Peterson

Polymorphic Molecular Signatures in Variable Regions of the Plasmodium falciparum var2csa DBL3x Domain Are Associated with Virulence in Placental Malaria

Posted on Apr 28, 2022 in publications
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Improving in vitro continuous cultivation of Plasmodium cynomolgi, a model for P. vivax

Posted on Apr 22, 2022 in publications
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Alkyne modified purines for assessment of activation of Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites and growth of pre-erythrocytic and erythrocytic stages in Plasmodium spp

Posted on Apr 18, 2022 in publications
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Donald Champagne

Anopheles gambiae strain (Ag55) cultured cells originated from Anopheles coluzzii and are phagocytic with hemocyte-like gene expression

Posted on Mar 31, 2022 in publications
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Metabolic, Pharmacokinetic, and Activity Profile of the Liver Stage Antimalarial (RC-12)

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 in publications
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The catechol derivative RC-12 (WR 27653) (1) is one of the few non-8-aminoquinolines with good activity against hypnozoites in the gold-standard Plasmodium cynomolgi-rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) model, but in a small clinical trial, it had no efficacy against Plasmodium...

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M. Belen Cassera

Enantiopure Benzofuran-2-carboxamides of 1-Aryltetrahydro-β-carbolines Are Potent Antimalarials In Vitro

Posted on Feb 24, 2022 in publications
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Belen Cassera

Malaria Box-Inspired Discovery of N-Aminoalkyl-β-carboline-3-carboxamides, a Novel Orally Active Class of Antimalarials

Posted on Feb 23, 2022 in publications
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Activity-based Crosslinking to Identify Substrates of Thioredoxin-domain Proteinsin Malaria Parasites

Posted on Feb 20, 2022 in publications
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Structure-activity and structure-property relationship studies of spirocyclic chromanes with antimalarial activity

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 in publications
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Belen Cassera

Antimalarial Natural Products

Posted on Jan 1, 2022 in publications
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