The recent re-emphasis on malaria eradication has made developing drugs that block transmission and terminate latent disease critical. Most drugs do not affect the liver stages-an ability that is crucial to the latter goal. Addressing this problem, Hoepfner et al. (2012) uncover the parasite's lysyl-tRNA synthetase as a druggable target.
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