Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) have been giving way, leading to rising treatment failures. Simultaneously, new resistance hot spots are being discovered in the region.

Artemisinin is frequently combined with other medications to create artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), and for the most part, the drug is now genetically engineered from yeast.

Artemisinin has a couple of qualities that make it a capable alternative to radiation therapy for cancer. It's equally preferable to chemotherapy for these reasons: 1. A Safer, Natural Approach ...

Artemisinin derivatives are the mainstay of treatment of malaria, with IV artesunate being the preferred antimalarial for severe disease. A brief history of artemisinin.

Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria on the western border of Thailand: a longitudinal study. The Lancet, 2012; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60484-X; ...

In my previous blog post, I described how artemisinin-based drugs were discovered in China in the 1970s and 1980s. Given their potency for the treatment of malaria, one would expect that Chinese ...

"The supply of artemisinin is still kind of erratic, which causes prices to be erratic as well, and countries dealing with this endemic need a stable, cost-effective solution," Blumberg said.

Artemisinin-resistant malaria is prevalent in mainland Southeast Asia; investigators are testing a new, potent antimalarial that could help in the fight.

The best therapy today for malaria is a drug combination that includes a derivative of artemisinin, now solely available from plants grown in Asia and Africa. On Apr. 11, Sanofi will launch the ...

Artemisinin-based combination therapies - known for short as ACTs - are recommended by the WHO against malaria, especially those types now resistant to chloroquine, which is one of the main drug ...

Partial resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to the artemisinin component of artemisinin-based combination therapies, the most important malaria drugs, emerged in Southeast Asia and now threatens Ea ...