Professor David Warhurst of the UK's Public Health Laboratory Service's malaria reference laboratory said the findings were worrying.

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Professor David Warhurst, of the Public Health Laboratory Service malaria reference laboratory, said it was true that fast-dividing cells were more susceptible to a host of chemical agents.

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Thanks to her efforts the laboratory was appointed as a National Reference for tuberculosis in Algeria in 1974.

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