Is The Answer To HIV-Associated Diarrhea Found In South America’s Rain Forest?

As more and more shamans (traditional healers) in the Amazonian rain forest die as they age, the new generations of indigenous people are moving on to jobs in cities, forgetting valuable medicinal knowledge gathered through centuries. Recognizing this potential loss in key know-how a small team from a company called Shaman Pharmaceuticals in South San Francisco went searching for medicinal plants in South America’s rain forest by working hand-in-hand with local shamans.

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Filed under: HIV / AIDS on April 17th, 2008