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Researchers Targeting Ancient Algal DNA In Malaria Parasites
NPR's health blog "Shots" describes how scientists are targeting biological structures called apicoplasts in malaria parasites in developing new medications to fight the infection. Without apicoplasts, which are not common in most species, malaria parasites die, so a drug developed to target them would theoretically kill the parasites, the blog notes.
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