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Patients with drug-resistant malaria cured by plant therapy
- petard 9y agoLet's hope this doesn't get patented by the big guys.
- throwanem 9y agoIt won't. There's no money in malaria.
- fasteo 9y agoI don't think natural occurring elements are eligible for a patent[1][2], or at least, they are not easily eligible for a patent. [1] http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/04/08/can_you_patent_a_natural_product_prepare_for_a_different_answer http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2014/04/08/can... [2] https://www.uspto.gov/patent/patents-announcements/guidance-determining-subject-matter-eligibility-claims-reciting-or https://www.uspto.gov/patent/patents-announcements/guidance-...
- HillaryBriss 9y agoit's interesting that the dried leaf formulation was more potent than the extract alone: ...dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant delivers 40 times more artemisinin to the blood than does the drug based on the chemical extract of the plant.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoCuriously, Absinthe (which is made from Artemisia - aka Wormwood) was a malaria preventative for the French Foreign Legion[1] which presumably did increase the willingness of patients to take it, at least. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Rapid_growth_of_French_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#Rapid_growth_of_Frenc...
- HillaryBriss 9y agointeresting to learn that. sounds like the French had a more effective approach than the British (i.e. Gin and Tonic).