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SEARCHING FOR NEW MEDICINES, pngtree-hand-painted-medical-drug-capsule-png…
SEARCHING FOR NEW MEDICINES
In 1633
A Spanish priest
discovered a powder
made from bark
powder to cure malaria
Europeans
using the bark
to cure malaria
After many years
Identified ingredient in the
tree bark was quinine
BUT the parasite was
becoming resistant to it
In 1966
discovered a chemical in
the bark of the Pacific yew tree
Could step cell growth
Unforturately
rainforest plants
is rapidly disappearing
Cutting down the trees,
selling the wood
Scientists fear
When rainforest
species disappear
The villages will also disappear
Drug companies
Sending scientists and
local translators
To work cooperatively with
these village healers to learn
their secrets
BEFORE those secrets are lost forever
About this time
Scientists in China were
digging up ancient cities
Using wormwood
to cure fevers
Contained ARTEMINSININ
and killed malaria parasites
