Probing transport pathways of the malaria-infected red cell with animal toxins.

疟疾是一种严重的传染病，由一种寄生虫引起，这种寄生虫独特地适应了在其人类宿主的红细胞内生活。寄生虫通过在细胞膜上创造独特的运输途径来改变宿主细胞。这些途径对寄生虫的生存很重要，但它们的身份尚不清楚。除其他方法外，动物毒素将用于识别和表征这些途径。我们的目标是更多地了解它们的功能，从而开发新的治疗方法。

Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by a parasite uniquely adapted to live inside the red cells of its human host. The parasite alters its host cell by creating distinctive transport pathways in the cell membrane. Important to parasite survival, the identities of these pathways are unknown. Animal toxins, among other methods, will be used to identify and characterise these pathways. We aim to understand more about their function, and thereby to develop novel treatments.