The research team lead by Maria Mota, Professor at FMUL and Researcher and Executive Director of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, discovered that the parasite of the malaria virus, once installed in the liver of the host, develops a defence mechanism. This research showed the existence of a protein that blocks the process of self-destruction of the parasite in the liver.

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