Christie Dapper News Today

New research could lead to a new way to fight malaria, one of the most devastating infectious diseases in the world.

<p>Virginia Tech researchers in the <a href="http://www.cals.vt.edu/">College of Agriculture and Life Sciences</a> found that by preventing the malaria parasite from scavenging fatty acids, a type of required nutrient, it could no longer grow. The research was published Tuesday by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and was funded by a National Institutes of Health grant, United States Department of Agriculture Hatch funding...