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A Single-Celled Parasite

Caption: A sketch of the single-celled parasite Trichomonas vaginalis, which causes an under-diagnosed sexually transmitted disease. A team led by Jane Carlton, Ph.D., at NYU School of Medicine has sequenced the parasite's genome.

Credit: Emilio F. Merino, Dept. of Medical Parasitology, NYU School of Medicine

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