Plant Could Save Millions from Malaria

19Jan10

According to the Telegraph, the medicinal herb Artemisia annua has been seen as breakthrough that could save countless lives.The new plant will be given to poor farmers to help build their fragile economies. They hope to get this crop to farmers in the next few years, as the demand for a cure to Malaria skyrockets.

This plant might actually get somewhere since The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are funding the research. The project just received it’s second grant from the Foundation, supporting the final development of the new varieties and delivery to farmers in Africa and Asia.

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