Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 -- On October 18th, researchers finally identified a chemical compound that may be suitable to serve as an active agent against several different parasites, including malaria. Tumour research has shown that blocking the protein tubulin in cancer cells prevents cells from multiplying, which can be helpful in chemotherapy. Similarly, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland have applied this phenomenon to unicellula