The genome of the malaria parasite was sequenced with the aim of learning more about how the parasite works, and with the hope that this would reveal potential drug targets. Has that hope been realized?
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Wirth, D. Biological revelations. Nature 419, 495–496 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419495a
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