Parassitologia

AFRICAN PARASITE MAKES COMPONENT OF FAT DIFFERENTLY FROM ALL OTHER ORGANISMS

Studying the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a previously unknown way of making fatty acids, a component of fat and the outer layer of all cells. The find unveils more about the biology of this hard-to-kill parasite and could lead to a target for designing new drugs to fight the illness that infects a half-million people and kills 50,000 a year worldwide.
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 http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/08_24_06....

Johns Hopkins Hospital