Parasites: Exploring Biology's Frontier
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Parasites may be one of biology's least explored and most important frontiers.
Up to one in three parasites are at risk of extinction, according to a new video from Scientific American .
The film visits the National Parasite Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the research labs of Georgetown University .
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