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PfRNase II is a key regulator for controlling dangerous malaria
Genetic innovation, precise anti-malaria, breaking the deadlock of drug resistance.
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Biotechnology
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Cell physiology
Other disciplines of virology
Transgenic and rna sequencing technology
Applicable industry
Health and social work
Applications
Biomedicine
Key innovations
The discovery of a new target for malaria parasites, PfRNase II, provides an innovative path for the development of new antimalarial products that overcome artemisinin resistance.
Potential economic benefits
Provide targets for the development of new antimalarial drugs, reduce disease burden and medical costs, improve productivity, and create huge economic value.
Potential climate benefits
Reduce the burden on the global medical system, reduce medical resource consumption and related carbon emissions, and indirectly contribute to sustainable development.
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Tongji University
Tongji University
Tongji University: The national "double first-class" construction university uses advantageous disciplines such as civil engineering, architecture, transportation, and environment to cultivate innovative talents to serve national construction and sustainable urban development.
Shanghai,China
Solution details

Malaria is one of the oldest and most deadly infectious diseases. Together with AIDS and tuberculosis, it is listed by the World Health Organization as the top three public health problems currently facing the world. In particular, dangerous forms of malaria such as childhood cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum kill about one million patients worldwide every year. In recent years, resistance to artemisinin-derived drugs, which are specific drugs for treating dangerous malaria, has emerged. The last line of defense for mankind against this disease is facing a major crisis of being comprehensively broken through.

Through genomic bioinformatics analysis, a "redundant" member-PfRNaseII was found in the exosome complex similar protein of Plasmodium falciparum. Through transgene and RNA sequencing technology, the control target of the PfRNase II molecule is the A-var gene: when the PfRNase II protein is functionally defective, A_The var gene is activated from "slumber", while var genes in other subtypes are not affected by this.


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