Tag: Plasmodium falciparum
If Malaria Is Evolving, It’s Not Doing It Darwin’s Way
Are scientists in Texas catching malaria in the act of evolving, or is something else going on?
Devolution Watch: Malaria Gnaws Off a Leg
The most frequently used diagnostic test kit checks for the presence in the patient’s blood of either of two similar malarial proteins, called pfhrp2 or pfhrp3.
Approved by FDA Against COVID-19, Chloroquine Is Also Prominent in the Case for Intelligent Design
Something I had not heard before is a really clear explanation of how chloroquine works, on the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and, perhaps, on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1
Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data.
From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond
Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance.