An image of an anopheles mosquito, a carrier for malaria parasites. The mosquito is small and brown, on a white background. Image source: Owen Strickland, via Wikimedia Commons

Malaria treatments could be more effective using cholesterol, study found

Malaria is most dangerous to children under five, pregnant women, travellers, and people who are immunocompromised, such as people with HIV or AIDS. Image source: Owen Strickland, via Wikimedia Commons Researchers in Canberra and Germany have studied malaria-causing parasites and found that they can be tricked into consuming anti-malarial medications through the addition of cholesterol-like…