One winter rye plant can grow over 600 kilometers (372 miles) of roots in one growing season.
Take that, you nasty little parasite
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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