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Making the paper: Jay Keasling.
- Source :
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Nature . 4/13/2006, Vol. 440 Issue 7086, pxi-xi. 1p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The article describes how Jay Keasling, a synthetic chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and his team have engineered yeast cells to produce an important precursor for a drug to treat malaria. Keasling collaborated with Amyris Biotechnologies and non-profit drug company Institute for OneWorld Health to try to complete the synthesis of artemisinin. The research was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Subjects :
- *MALARIA treatment
*YEAST
*UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00280836
- Volume :
- 440
- Issue :
- 7086
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20468534
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/7086xia