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Published online 31 January 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030127-10

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Hundreds of new malaria drug targets

Transport tags mark parasite for death.

Researchers have identified hundreds of new possible targets for malaria drugs. The proteins, which are essential to the survival of the parasite that causes the disease, share a common tag, making them easier to pick out1.

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