NewsBlog: Anti-malarials, from China to Africa Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 26th January 2007 08:30 PM GMT] Last month, Merrill Goozner reported on the success of artemisinin, in combination with other drugs, to treat malaria in Thailand and China. Reuters reported last week that the Li Guoqian, the first person to use artemisinin in a human trial, now wants to use artemisinin to eradicate malaria on the African island nation of Comoros. (Read Goozner's profile of Li's work... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Zerhouni for a day? Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 21st January 2007 04:16 PM GMT] Ever find yourself thinking, 'boy, if I ran the NIH, things would be different?' Well, two bloggers named Geoff Davis and Peter Fiske want to give you that chance -- virtually. Yesterday, at the North Carolina Science Blogging Conference , Davis announced 'Zerhouni for a Day,' a feature on their blog soliciting comments on what you would do if you were charge of the NIH and NSF. The trends in... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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