QUESTION In the summer of 2010 I went to Uganda on a medical trip where we saw hundreds of people affected by malaria. Ever since, I have had a huge heart for these children that we saw at the orphanage. This past summer, I took a Microbiology class at the University of Tennessee where we learned about Sanofi-Aventis and the affordable malaria medication made in 2007. I am starting an annual 5k … [Read more...]
The Institute for OneWorld Health Announces Development of Alternative Source of Artemisinin
The Institute for OneWorld Health (iOWH), a non-profit drug development organization, announced today that its development of an alternative source of artemisinin using pioneering synthetic biology technology (semisynthetic artemisinin (ART) project) has successfully entered the production and distribution phase. The semisynthetic version of artemisinin is targeted to be an affordable, … [Read more...]
Canadian Researchers Develop Inexpensive Malaria Treatment
Scientists in Saskatoon, Canada have developed a malaria treatment that will help fight malaria, which kills about one million people each year. The new developments which will provide an affordable, reliable, and stable treatment for malaria and is likely to save millions of lives, especially those of women and children in Africa. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and … [Read more...]