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2007-05-09 | permalink
Genetically modified chicory brings hope to African malaria patients
Dafra Pharma International NV has commissioned Plant Research International (PRI) to start new research to optimize the production method of artemisinin via genetically modified chicory plants. This research should result in inexpensive, large-scale production of artemisinin under controllable conditions. [...] it must be the objective of Dafra Pharma International NV to achieve inexpensive, large-scale industrial production of artemisinin under controllable conditions via the root of the chicory plant in three to five years time. In the future this new inexpensive raw material should enable Dafra Pharma International NV to place its ACTs on the market for half a dollar per adult antimalarial treatment.
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2007-05-09 | permalink
Genetically modified chicory brings hope to African malaria patients
Dafra Pharma International NV has commissioned Plant Research International (PRI) to start new research to optimize the production method of artemisinin via genetically modified chicory plants. This research should result in inexpensive, large-scale production of artemisinin under controllable conditions. [...] it must be the objective of Dafra Pharma International NV to achieve inexpensive, large-scale industrial production of artemisinin under controllable conditions via the root of the chicory plant in three to five years time. In the future this new inexpensive raw material should enable Dafra Pharma International NV to place its ACTs on the market for half a dollar per adult antimalarial treatment.
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