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Chirality of malaria parasites determines their motion patterns

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Nature Physics, Published online: 24 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-025-03096-0

Malaria parasites move on helical trajectories when infecting their hosts. Now it is shown that they use right-handed chirality to control their motion patterns, and that this chirality is linked to the way they release adhesion molecules.