Bacterium transforms into weapon against sleeping sickness

Posted August 30th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Scientists have opened a new front against the cause of sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted between humans by tsetse flies. The researchers learned a bacterium living in those flies how to produce antibodies against the parasite. Application in the field is still a long way of, but the technique shows quite some promise.

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