Select Publications
By Dr Kurt Ward
Journal articles
2023, 'Mapping the genomic landscape of multidrug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and its impact on parasite fitness', Science Advances, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/SCIADV.ADI2364
,2023, 'Covalent Macrocyclic Proteasome Inhibitors Mitigate Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum', ACS Infectious Diseases, 9, pp. 2036 - 2047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00310
,2023, 'Mitigating the risk of antimalarial resistance via covalent dual-subunit inhibition of the Plasmodium proteasome', Cell Chemical Biology, 30, pp. 470 - 485.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.03.002
,2023, 'Integrative Genetic Manipulation of Plasmodium cynomolgi Reveals Multidrug Resistance-1 Y976F Associated with Increased in Vitro Susceptibility to Mefloquine', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227, pp. 1121 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac469
,2023, 'Increasing Prevalence of Artemisinin-Resistant HRP2-Negative Malaria in Eritrea.', New England Journal of Medicine, 389, pp. 1191 - 1202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2210956
,2022, 'Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies', Current Opinion in Microbiology, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2022.102193
,2022, 'Improving in vitro continuous cultivation of Plasmodium cynomolgi, a model for P. vivax', Parasitology International, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102589
,2022, 'Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa', New England Journal of Medicine, 386, pp. 1385 - 1386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2117480
,2021, 'Design of proteasome inhibitors with oral efficacy in vivo against Plasmodium falciparum and selectivity over the human proteasome', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107213118
,2021, 'Plasmodium falciparum k13 mutations in africa and asia impact artemisinin resistance and parasite fitness', eLife, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66277
,2020, 'Genetic screens reveal a central role for heme metabolism in artemisinin susceptibility', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18624-0
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