Artemisinin and its semi-synthetic derivatives, notably artesunate and dihydroartemisinin, have emerged from antimalarial agents to promising anticancer compounds. Their characteristic endoperoxide ...

Resistance to the main drug in front-line malaria treatments is becoming more widespread across East Africa, according to new ...

Chemotherapy, radiation, invasive surgery, and other types of conventional cancer solutions are renowned for the severe side effects that they cause after use. However, this doesn't have to be the ...

Although the clinical efficacy of antimalarial artemisinin-based combination therapies in Africa remains high, the recent emergence of partial resistance to artemisinin in Plasmodium falciparum on the ...