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Nature 440, 852-853 (13 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440852b; Published online 12 April 2006

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Malaria breakthrough raises spectre of drug resistance

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Yeast engineered to produce potent drug.

The 'miracle' malaria drug artemisinin is a step closer to being produced plentifully and cheaply. Synthetic chemists have put plant genes into yeast to make it churn out large amounts of the precursor artemisinic acid.

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