"This is a real breakthrough in our understanding of how malaria survives in the blood stream and invades red blood cells. We've revealed a process that allows this to happen and if it can be targeted by drugs we could see something that stops malaria in its tracks without causing toxic side-effects" co-authors said.
http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2015-archive-1/july/new-way-to-kill-the-malaria-parasite-identified-by-study