A Music of Molecules film

Qinghaosu

青蒿素 · Artemisinin

a plant in an ancient Chinese text, a molecule that won a Nobel Prize, and the medicine that saved millions from malaria

about 6 minutes · just watch and listen

Headphones, and a quiet moment for a long story.

Can synthetic biology make it?

Yes — and it already has. The plant is slow and its yield varies; so scientists taught yeast to brew the medicine.