Scientists Report Finding That Could Solve Sleeping Sickness
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March 30, 2026
Researchers in England say they've finally cracked a puzzle that has stumped experts on sleeping sickness since the 1980s. A team at the University of York reports it has identified a previously unknown protein, dubbed ESB2, that helps the parasite behind human African trypanosomiasis stay "invisible" in the bloodstream. The...
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