Unveiling the Mechanism Behind Artemisinin: A New Antimalarial Drug
A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Cambridge have pioneered a new way of profiling the antimalarial activity of Artemisinin, a powerful drug used to treat malaria. This new technique, called “dehydration-rehydration profiling,” uses a combination of advanced imaging techniques to measure the drug’s activity within a single cell. This method allows researchers to understand how the drug works in real-time and to identify the precise mechanism of its antimalarial activity. The findings of this research will be instrumental in developing more effective treatments for malaria and other diseases.
source: Phys.org