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| Chinese herb reveals vital malaria weakness
18:00 20 August 03 NewScientist.com news service A hitherto unknown but vital weakness in the malaria parasite has been exposed by studying extracts from ancient Chinese anti-fever remedies. The discovery opens a new front in the fight against the parasite, which has become resistant in most parts of the world to the most common anti-malarial drug, chloroquine. Derived from the Chinese herb qinghao, or sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua), the extracts have already saved millions of patients in south-east Asia who would otherwise have suffered or died when conventional drugs failed. |
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