Unprecedented atlas explores mitochondria across the tree of life
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Scientists mapped proteins in mitochondria from five parasites and one plant, discovering 27 new proteins in Giardia lamblia (which infects 280 million people yearly) and identifying 33 protein families conserved in eukaryotic pathogens but absent in humans—potential drug targets for malaria and sleeping sickness.
More research is needed before these findings can be translated into human treatments.
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