Discovering an Antimalarial Drug in Mao’s China
Codon
APRIL 9, 2024
(sweet wormwood), from which artemisinin, the antimalarial drug, was first isolated. However, the blandly clinical package of artemisinin and artesunate tablets reveals little about how the key compound was first discovered. The complex life cycle and genetic diversity of Plasmodium make malaria especially difficult to eradicate.
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