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malaria. Illustrative infographic: depositphotos.com

to look directly into the dark crystal of the malaria parasite

The malaria-causing parasite exacts a bloody toll from humanity, not least thanks to its ability to produce unique, dark crystals inside our blood cells. New research fully deciphers the structure of these crystals and calcns
Helix-shaped cholesterol crystals. Digital processing of data obtained from four different crystals in different cells using soft x-ray imaging under cold conditions (cryo-SXT)

The bad crystal