{"id":1895,"date":"2022-02-11T13:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/?post_type=exhibit1&#038;p=1895"},"modified":"2022-10-18T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:11:43","slug":"sleeping-sickness-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"exhibit1","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/the-human-body\/exhibitions\/sleeping-sickness-graphic-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping sickness &#8211; The fight against a nightmarish disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sleeping sickness is an almost always fatal disease that impacts people living in some of the poorest countries in the world. Work is ongoing to try and discover more about this danger so that we can help those living with the threat of sleeping sickness. 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