If you can’t kill a deadly enemy, disarming it is your next best option. That’s the rationale behind an experimental vaccine that neutralizes a toxic molecule made by malaria-causing parasites. The vaccine protects mice from the most dangerous symptoms of the disease, Louis Schofield of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia and his colleagues report in the Aug.
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