USF Researchers Find Potential Malaria Treatment In Antarctica
Antarctica may seem like an unlikely place to find the cure for a tropical disease, but two USF researchers’ recent paper, published in the Journal of Natural Products, may have done this. USF chemist Bill Baker has searched near and far for a compound that could potentially treat both malaria and leishmaniasis, a lesser-known disease that has been gaining prominence in Bangladesh, Brazil and Sudan. The potential cure lies in a bright red sea sponge found near the US Arctic Program’s Palmer Station.
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