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Nature 442, 995 (31 August 2006) | doi:10.1038/442995a; Published online 30 August 2006
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African trypanosomiasis — or sleeping sickness — kills about 50,000 people each year according to the World Health Organization. Lee et al.Cell 126, 691–699; 2006) report that the parasite responsible (Trypanosoma brucei, pictured) has an unusual way of making a lipid it requires to survive in the blood stream.
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