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Article: New findings could help prevent, treat malaria, scientists say.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- October 2, 2002
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Byline: Ronald Kotulak
CHICAGO _ An international team of 124 scientists has cracked the genetic code of the world's most feared insect: the mosquito that transmits the deadly and debilitating disease malaria, killing 3 million people every year.
Delivering a scientific one-two punch, a second team of more than 50 researchers has deciphered the genetic makeup of the parasite that the mosquito injects into humans, causing malaria.
While years of hard work still remain before new prevention methods, treatments and cures are developed, the reports represent a major turning point in mankind's war on disease.
For the first time, science's ...