http://www.york.ac.uk/org/cnap/artemisiaproject/index.htm The CNAP Artemisia Research Project is developing improved varieties of the medicinal plant Artemisia annua. en-gb Copyright: (C). CNAP Artemisia Research Project http://bit.ly/f8JokY A report from the Kenyan Standard says low prices for maize are making many farmers turn to Artemisia farming in the north rift region. Thurs 27th, January 2011 13:25:00 GMT http://www.york.ac.uk/org/cnap/artemisiaproject/projectUpdates.htm The eighth project update is out, containing field trial results for CNAP’s phase one hybrids. Thurs, 6 December 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://bit.ly/aOh7op Artemisinin-containing Artemisia species have been identified growing in north Pakistan. Some yield comparable amounts of artemisinin to Artemisia annua. Mon, 8 November 2010 14:25:00 GMT http://bit.ly/cYHLn6 The project has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Award as international collaboration of the year Mon, 27 September 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100804/full/466672a.html Review on how farmers, plant breeders & synthetic biologists hope to stop boom/bust in the artemisinin supply Thu, 5 August 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.aspb.org/publications/aspbtopauthors.pdf The American Society of Plant Biologists has recognized Tomasz Czechowski as one of their most highly cited authors of the last five years Mon, 19 July 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.york.ac.uk/org/cnap/artemisiaproject/projectUpdates.htm Features the latest on project progress and an update on the state of the artemisinin market. Mon, 12 July 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.researchinformation.co.uk/pest/contents/TOC-2103.pdf For an up-to-date review on the CNAP project read “Fast-track plant breeding of High-yielding artemisia annua to supply escalating demand for ACT malaria drugs” in Outlooks on Pest Management 21(3), pp138-140 (2010). Tue, 28 June 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CWpodcast.asp The project features in an article on solutions to the problems with malaria drug supply “Cultivating the seeds of hope”and a podcast interview with Dianna Bowles. Both by Chemistry World malaria control (article requires subscription). Tue, 15 June 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.tv3.cat/pprogrames/elmediambient/meaSeccio.jsp Daily science programme El Media Ambient features the project and interviews Dianna Bowles and Ian Graham (in Catalan). Tue, 8 June 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.researchinformation.co.uk/pest/contents/TOC-2102.pdf April’s Outlooks on Pest management has a paper by Anthony Ellman, analysing the prospects for the artemisinin supply chain in the light of ambitious targets for malaria control (requires subscription). Tue, 23 May 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6949e31e-4ce6-11df-9977-00144feab49a.html The Financial Times reports that artemisinin shortages are likely, due to reduced Artemisia plantings in 2009 and droughts in China. Prices are already increasing. Thu, 6 May 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.york.ac.uk/org/cnap/artemisiaproject/aboutus_podcasts.html An interview with Professor Ian Graham on the science behind the project and a first-hand account of choloroquine-resistant malaria are among the new material that can be downloaded from our website. Tue, 23 March 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.appmg-malaria.org.uk/publications/ The latest report from the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria takes stock of progress with malaria control and identifies the areas that need to be focused on to dramatically reduce the world’s malaria burden. Thu, 4 March 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.york.ac.uk/media/news-and-events/magazine/feb10-magazine.pdf The project’s recent progress is featured on the cover of the February issue of the University of York magazine. Tue, 22 Feb 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Sequence data from the project has now been transferred into a number of public databases. Together with the genetic map that the project has published in Science, this places the molecular tools needed for fast track plant breeding of Artemisia into the public domain. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5963/279 An article in Science discusses the contribution of the molecular tools developed by CNAP for fast-track breeding of Artemisia. The authors describe the project as “innovative in terms of the scale of research and sophistication of the technologies involved. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:00 GMT http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5963/328 The CNAP Artemisia project has published a major study in Science, which describes the molecular tools for fast track breeding of the Artemisia annua plant. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.mmv.org/IMG/pdf/03b_Artemisinin_Scenario_Analysis_BCG.pdf A study by the Boston Consulting Group considers the future for demand and supply of artemisinin, the key ingredient of ACT malaria drugs. The study concludes that, without interventions, artemisinin shortages are likely by 2011/2012. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.mimalaria.org/pamc/ The CNAP Artemisia Project will be an exhibitor at the MIM Pan-African Conference on Malaria in Nairobi, 2 – 6th November Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8178723.stm BBC News have made a 2 minute film explaining the aims of the project and bringing the viewer up to date with progress Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT