Tissue Culture Propagation of <i>Artemisia annua</i> (IMAGE)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tissue Culture Propagation of <i>Artemisia annua</i>

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In her lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Pamela Weathers, professor of biology and biotechnology, has developed several high-producing cultivars of the plant <i>Artemisia annua</i>, which she propagates using tissue culture. The plants are used in research that has shown that a therapy using dried, powered leaves of <i>Artemisia annua</i> is an effective and low-cost cure for malaria.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

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