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Scientists solve 40-year-old biological mystery behind sleeping sickness
- March 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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To survive in the human bloodstream, the African trypanosome parasite wears a "cloak" made of proteins known as a variant surface glycoprotein (VSG). The study, published in Nature Microbiology, identifies the protein that allows the parasite to fine-tune this "cloak."
Originally published at Phys.org