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Published online 28 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030127-3
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Sleeping sickness bug swallowed a plant
Parasite genes from algae suggest new drug target.
The parasite that causes sleeping sickness once swallowed a plant, say researchers. They have found plant-like genes in the organism, suggesting that drugs based on herbicides might be able to kill it1.
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