In what may well turn out to be one of the most imperative discoveries in the field of medical science of late, scientists have claimed a breakthrough in terms of treatment of the potentially terminal malaria.

As per reports, scientists have found the malaria parasite's Achilles heel ahead of discovering the cluster of proteins that the deadly Malaria requires for its survival and progression in the human body.

In this regard, a research was recently carried out by researchers from the University of Leicester, in cooperation with groups from Canada and Lausanne in Switzerland. It is highly being expected in the medical fraternity all over the world that the discovery of researchers from the University of Leicester will be effective in providing a penetration in combating the critical, age-old ailment, which tends to causes in excess of 780,000 casualties every year.

While expressing his opinion in this regard, a Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Leicester, Andrew Tobin said: “What we're able to do here in the lab is to grow the human malaria parasite in culture. It's a single cell organism that's able to go into red blood cells”.

During their study, the researchers discovered 36 proteins which are said to be immensely imperative for the survival of the parasites and now, the researchers are employing the effectiveness of various leading pharmaceutical organizations with the intent of targeting the said 36 proteins discovered during the research of malaria parasite.

As per reports recently released by the World Health Organization, malaria tends to bother in excess of 225 million people all over the world on yearly basis, with the situation being extremely sever in Africa where a child is swallowed by the deadly malaria every 45 seconds.

In Africa, malaria is held accountable for one out of every five childhood deaths.