Take that, you nasty little parasite Researchers are confident that they have found a
cure for malaria. An antibacterial drug called
‘fosmidomycin’ seems to inhibit a key enzyme in the
parasite. In laboratory tests, mice which had been infected with
malaria and then given the drug all recovered within 8 days. The
researchers are now intending to start clinical trials on
humans. 11 SEPTEMBER 1999, P. 29
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