University of Utah Health: Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals - Scientists Finally Know Why
October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 29 -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release:
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Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why.
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 dance. They spin, jolt, and ricochet in their little bubble like c . . .
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Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why.
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 dance. They spin, jolt, and ricochet in their little bubble like c . . .