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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) — Bunnik Lab

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The Bunnik Lab at UT Health San Antonio studies how the human immune system protects against malaria, to help inform the development of new vaccines and antibody-based treatments.

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What they do

The Bunnik Lab at UT Health San Antonio studies how the human immune system protects against malaria, to help inform the development of new vaccines and antibody-based treatments.1 Its work includes identifying antibodies that stop the malaria parasite from invading red blood cells or that block a parasite protein linked to severe malaria, studying whether atypical B cells help protect people against malaria, and investigating how Plasmodium falciparum controls its genes.1 Its U.S. R&D is based in San Antonio, Texas, and its work is at the discovery stage.1

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In the field and in development

Antibodies that inhibit Plasmodium falciparum invasion of red blood cells1
Broadly inhibitory antibodies against the PfEMP1 CIDRα1 domain (severe malaria)2,1
The function of atypical B cells in the immune response against malaria1
Gene expression regulation in P. falciparum during merozoite development1
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  1. 1Confirmed by the organization
  2. 2news.uthscsa.edu