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Nigeria: Breakthrough in Malaria Therapy

allAfrica.com:

Scientists in the UK may have made a discovery through anti malarial drugs called Artemisinins, derived from a Chinese herb called Quingao or sweet wormwood, that will make it easier to monitor drug resistance, and to design new treatments for malaria.

The herb has been used against malaria in China for centuries. The discovery made at the St George's Hospital in London, is believed to be one of the last few hopes against treating drug-resistant parasites. In recent years its extracts have become one of the most important types of malarial drug, as the parasite has evolved resistance to other kinds.