Assertion: sickle hemoglobin | /r/CapableOf | confer a survival advantage
Facets:
value: against malaria
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In a study that challenges currently held views, researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, unravel the molecular mechanism whereby sickle cell hemoglobin confers a survival advantage against malaria, the disease caused by Plasmodium infection.