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Sanger Institute Malaria Programme

The Cambridge-based Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a key centre for research into the debilitating and sometimes fatal illness of malaria.

The Institute’s Malaria Programme uses genomic, genetic and proteomic approaches to tackle fundamental questions in malaria biology and to discover host-parasite interactions that are critical for drug and vaccine development.

The programme has recently expanded from its long-standing leadership role in Plasmodium genome sequencing to incorporate large-scale field and lab studies, and is a key part of the Institute's research in pathogen genetics.

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