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Resisting arrest

  • 17/05/2008
  • WHO

Fighting malarial drug resistance WILL the world lose another miracle cure? Fifty years ago chloroquine seemed to be an unbeatable malaria remedy. But as the popularity spread of this synthetic form of quinine (a tree extract), the biological backlash began in the form of drug resistance. Today it is not recommended even for use in Africa, which suffers most of the world's malarial deaths.

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