The Gin & Tonic and Malaria

Anamnesis: A Medical History

This episode I’m talking about the importance of Malaria and how the discovery of one main component of the Gin and Tonic paved the way for humans to overcome this disease and spread their empires further around the world than ever before. I’ve also been talking to Dr Oliver Koch, a consultant in Infectious Diseases in Edinburgh, about the importance of malaria science today and where it might be going in the future. Quinine – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinine Lifecycle of Plasmodium - https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/ Artemisinins - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414217/ “Super Malaria” - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41351160 Follow us on Twitter @anamesiscast Or find us on www.anamnesiscast.com Please give us a rating on iTunes if you’ve liked this episode, it all helps!