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Resurrecting a Wonder Drug
Eggs from the African clawed frog have enabled scientists to determine how malaria parasites developed resistance to chloroquine.
By Tegan Dolstra
As the malaria parasite pits its all against the only treatment still standing, award-winning research has revealed the secret to reviving the most successful antimalarial drug in history.
Tegan Dolstra is a PhD student in the Australian National University’s Research School of Biology.
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