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Published online 22 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020715-15
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Botanists probe medieval medicine
13th-century folklore inspires 21st-century research scheme.
Researchers in Wales are following the lead of medieval medics in the hope of finding new drugs. A project will begin later this year at the country's National Botanic Garden to explore the work of a medical dynasty, the Physicians of Myddfai.
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