This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 20.

Song title: Maps After Midnight
Original Base by Base episode: 20: dhps Mutations and SP Protection

Article metadata:
Article title: Impact of dhps mutations on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine protective efficacy and implications for malaria chemoprevention
Journal: Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58326-z
Reference: Mousa A. et al., Impact of dhps mutations on sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine protective efficacy and implications for malaria chemoprevention. Nature Communications (2025). doi:10.1038/s41467-025-58326-z

Lyrics:
Verse 1
In the lab light, we count the days
A shield in the blood, then it fades
One small change in a parasite line
And the clock runs out before its time

Pre-Chorus
We draw the curves, we watch them fall
Different strains don’t wait their turn at all
If resistance learns a faster way through
Protection gets shorter—what do we do?

Chorus
So light up the maps after midnight
Follow the markers, read them right
Some places hold on for nearly two months
Some lose the cover in a matter of months—
No, in a matter of nights

Verse 2
Fifty-five days when it’s still susceptible
But the mutants make it unpredictable
Ten or eleven and it slips away
While kids still need tomorrow’s day

Bridge
We don’t guess—we measure where it breaks
Separate new bites from old mistakes
Change the plan where the patterns say
Add a stronger partner, buy back days

Final Chorus
So light up the maps after midnight
Tune the prevention to the fight
When the genotype shifts, the answer shifts too
Keep the guard up, make it local, make it true
And we’ll hold on longer through the night