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  • New ‘biofactories’ produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil’s claw plant

    November 23, 2009 Editor 0

    Deep in Africa’s Kalahari Desert lies the “Devil’s claw,” a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, years of drought have pushed the Devil’s claw toward extinction, so scientists are scrambling to devise new ways to produce the valuable medicinal chemicals […]

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