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The surprising relationship between sickle cell genes and malaria
October 14, 2026
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 14 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release:

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The surprising relationship between sickle cell genes and malaria

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Reposted from U of U Health.

Malaria is one of the deadliest infectious diseases on the planet, afflicting people for the entirety of recorded history. In places where malaria is most common, it has shaped human evolution by driving higher rates of a paradoxically prote . . .

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