Sea cucumber 'new malaria weapon'
Date: 26.12.2007
**Sea cucumbers** could provide a potential new weapon to block transmission of the **malaria parasite**, a study suggests.
The slug-like creature produces a protein, lectin, which impairs development of the parasites.
An international team genetically engineered mosquitoes - which carry the malaria parasite - to produce the same protein in their gut when feeding.
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