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Research points the way to lifesaving antiparasitic drugs while unlocking a scientific mystery

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Research points the way to lifesaving antiparasitic drugs while unlocking a scientific mystery.

Breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) Could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills about 30,000 people around the world every year.

Wang 's co-authors at the KU School of Pharmacy were doctoral students Yiru Jin and Mei Feng .

The study was supported in part by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .

KU researchers were joined by Texas Tech and Ohio State University researchers.

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