Five enzymes that are essential to the survival of a parasitic worm that infects livestock worldwide and is a great threat to global food security were identified by researchers. Two of these proteins are already being studied as potential drug targets against other pathogens. The team sequenced the genome of iHaemonchus contortus/i, or the barber pole worm, a well-studied parasitic worm that resides in the gut of sheep and other livestock globally. This genome ...
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