Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered a group of proteins that could form the basis of an effective vaccine against malaria. Dr James Beeson, Dr Freya Fowkes and Dr Jack Richards from the institute’s Infection and Immunity division, along with Dr Julie Simpson from the University of Melbourne, have identified proteins produced by malaria parasites during the blood-stage that are effective at promoting immune responses that protect people from malaria illness. Their findings are published in the international journal PLoS Medicine.
