Apicoplasts are organelles that were discovered in parasites like the one that causes malaria. How did scientists discover these organelles, and what do they do?

"At different stages of the Plasmodium life cycle, different regions of the chromosomes may be open or closed, and the remodeling of chromatin between stages helps ensure that the right genes are ...

Epigenetics are one of life's primary drivers of adaptations. They are why human beings who live at high altitude have more ...

The final breakthrough came in 1897 when Ronald Ross, in India, demonstrated that Plasmodium completed its life cycle in mosquitoes, proving they were malaria’s vectors. This scientific triumph ...