The study, published in Nature, found the parasites were able to resist treatment by artemisinin - a frontline drug in the fight against the disease. This is the first time scientists have ...

Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of the critical drug artemisinin are now well-established in East Africa. Resistance levels have soared in some areas from fewer than 1% to more ...

For example, pharmaceutical chemist, Youyou Tu, discovered artemisinin, an antimalarial extract from the plant Artemisia after being inspired by an entry in the sixteenth century tome, Compendium ...

Adnexus Biotechnologies Inc. is at the forefront of the battle against malaria by developing Trapicolast, an antimalarial ...

Ancient Chinese used a treatment based on artemisinin (documented 168 BC), the active ingredient in some high-end drugs nowadays. Treatments with Quinine are known to the western world since the ...

Looking back at the traditional medicine development, he said the use of artemisinin, which was discovered by Chinese scientist Tu Youyou, is the most famous example of TCM. Since the 1990s ...