From Plants to Pharmaceuticals: Take Bitter Roots for Malaria
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When: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Ave.
212-822-7200
Price: Free with advance registration
How do plants become pharmaceuticals? Dr. Abena Dove Osseo-Asare examines efforts to patent a treatment for malaria made from the bitter roots of fever vine. The talk is drawn from her book, Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa.
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