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Since A.D. 150, Chinese herbalists have treated fevers with an extract from Artemisia annua, the sweet wormwood plant. Since the early 1990s, when world health authorities embraced it as the first-line defense against malaria, speculators have hoarded the herb, driving up prices. But synthetic biologist Jay Keasling and his Berkeley team are close to synthesizing the drug, which would increase supply, decrease cost, and save lives.
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