Stimulus Grant To Help MSU Team Improve Drug Development From Plants

 07.11.2009 04:09   medicalnewstoday.com

Scientists at Michigan State University are receiving nearly $3 million from the National Institutes of Health to uncover how several popular plants make medicinal compounds.

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