TIME to dig out your old malaria parasites. The DNA from malaria samples kept on microscope slides could help estimate where and when strains resistant to particular drugs will strike next. That should give poorer countries a heads-up on when they need to switch drugs.
Across the globe malaria continues to develop resistance to different drugs, and many poor countries find it expensive and logistically difficult to introduce new therapies to combat the emerging strains. Valuable information about the emergence and spread of resistance tends to be dispersed among academic journals and the health departments of African and Asian countries,…
