Saskatoon biochemists play key role in new anti-malaria fight

Technical officer Darwin Reed and professor Pat Covello, a biochemist with the National Research Council in Saskatoon, identified four genes in the Artemesia annua plant that are responsible for making the chemical artemisinin, which is a potent anti-malarial drug A group of Saskatoon plant biochemists played a pivotal role in developing a new way ... (more)

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