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Bug-Zapper: A dose of radiation may help knock out malaria

Researchers at NIST used their expertise in radiation science to help a young company create weakened, harmless versions of malaria-causing parasites that, in turn, are being used to create a new type of vaccine that shows promise of being more effective than current malaria vaccines.

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