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Deadly parasites succumb to a drug mash-up

A one-two punch knocks out treatment-resistant strains of malaria.
A mosquito bites into flesh.

Hybrid compounds made from existing drugs kill the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquitoes. Credit: nechaev-kon/Getty

Combining two drugs into one might create treatments that can overcome resistance to antimalarial therapies.

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Nature 571, 450 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02203-5

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