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World Service,07 Apr 2006,26 mins

Search for Cheap Source of Anti-malarial Drug

Science In Action

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Artemisinin is the World Health Organisation-recommended drug for treating malaria but is expensive – could it be produced cheaply using a microbe like yeast? Centenary of the great San Francisco Earthquake, and predictions of further earthquakes in the area. Insect traps baited with human and cheese smells to attract mosquitoes that carry dengue fever. The engineering challenges involved with working with nature's strongest glue made by caulobacter bacteria.

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