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Aside from the implications of this for medical research (congrats to the team), I don't believe I've ever been so horrified by a video in my life. If I were to catch malaria, knowing what is going on internally..

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No kidding. I lived in Zaire back when it was still called Zaire, and woke up one morning to a cacophony of wailing...it was the funeral procession of a girl down the street who had died of cerebral malaria the night before. I was only 5 years old, but I believe that put a stop to my complaining about the bitter pills we had to take.

It's easy to forget that scenes like this are still played out a million times per year.

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