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Sam Knight writes about how the study of proteins has led to the reëvaluation of historical figures, such as Vlad the Impaler, sometimes with perplexing results.
The name Dracula conjures images of an eternally youthful prowler with an insatiable appetite for human blood but research suggests that the man who lent his na