https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/25/trypanosomiasis-discovery-an-argument-for-basic-research/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:56:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/25/trypanosomiasis-discovery-an-argument-for-basic-research/#comment-464844 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:56:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=23001#comment-464844 […] The trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness hide out in the skin of survivors between outbreaks. Who would have thought? No one, really. As Greg Laden argues, that exemplifies why basic research is good. […]

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/25/trypanosomiasis-discovery-an-argument-for-basic-research/#comment-464843 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 06:31:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=23001#comment-464843 The Science News links to
The skin is a significant but overlooked anatomical reservoir for vector-borne African trypanosomes eLife 2016;10.7554/eLife.17716 “Accepted Manuscript” with a long author list.

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