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Sequencing unlocks secrets of blood parasites

Possible drug targets revealed in flatworms that cause schistosomiasis.

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Smith, K. Sequencing unlocks secrets of blood parasites. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.692

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