Chemists find Antimalarial in Soil Microbes (IMAGE)

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Chemists find Antimalarial in Soil Microbes

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Malaria kills more than 600,000 children globally, and the parasite responsible for the disease is growing resistant to treatment. Scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute in Jupiter, Florida, found a new type of antimalarial compound within its natural products collection. Here, a scientist examines a tray of extracts taken from soil microbes. 

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