It might seem surprising that, as a Japanese researcher, Eizo Takashima became captivated by malaria, when his home country rid itself of the disease in the last century. But, after a love of science ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...

RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got there way ...