Wanna be grossed out for a sec?

Just days ago, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) published a landmark study. A team of two dozen scientists successfully mapped the mitochondria of five notorious parasites—including the nightmare bugs responsible for sleeping sickness and giardiasis.

When they looked under the microscope, they found something remarkable: all five of these single-celled pathogens rely on the exact same ancient, uniform cellular machinery. It’s a survival mechanism that humans actually lost over a billion years of evolution.

Now, I am a content strategist, not a biologist.…