Malaria (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Malaria

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Malaria is often associated with jaundice, where levels of the yellow pigment bilirubin are higher. In this study of mice, scientists show that bilirubin generated by the enzyme biliverdin reductase helps decrease the severity of malaria.

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Bindu Paul, Ph.D., created with BioRender.

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