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Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance

06-06-2007 · EurekAlert!

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say they are moving closer to understanding why the most lethal form of human malaria has become resistant to drug treatment in the past three decades.

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