New assay to spot fake malaria drugs could save thousands of lives
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Chemists have created a new type of chemical test, or assay, that's inexpensive, simple, and can tell whether or not one of the primary drugs being used to treat malaria is genuine -- an enormous and deadly problem in the developing world. If widely used it could help save hundreds of thousands of lives.