April 1, 1996

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The Berry and the Parasite

A 30-year struggle to control schistosomiasis has revealed much about patents and profits

By Madhusree Mukerjee

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Madhusree Mukerjee is a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covers psychology, anthropology, and diverse other topics. She has authored two nonfiction books: Churchill's Secret War (Basic Books, 2010) and The Land of Naked People (Houghton-Mifflin, 2003). She has a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago and received a Guggenheim fellowship to complete her first book. She has written numerous articles on Indigenous issues, development and colonialism and is working on a third book.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 274 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Berry and the Parasite” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 274 No. 4 (), p. 22
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0496-22b
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