Landmark study offering new hope for the treatment of people living with peanut allergies

By VIVA! Communications | January 23, 2019

Allergies are commonly believed to have no cure. Given a large percentage of the population experiences various allergies, with peanut allergy the number one cause of allergy-induced fatalities, it was only a matter of time before scientists chose to explore ways to treat the serious health problem. Aimmune Therapeutics-funded study (PALISADE) involved almost 500 participants…

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Parasite-killing medications fighting malaria & blindness recognised in 2015 Nobel Prize winners in Physiology & Medicine

By Team VIVA! | October 13, 2015

Professional role (e.g. Medical scientists), Satoshi Omura and William Campbell, and researcher, Youyou Tu have all clinched this year’s prestigious Nobel Prize for their work in the discovery of life-saving medicines. Discovering the bacteria, Steptomyces, Japanese microbiologist, Satoshi Omura was able to isolate samples of the bacteria, known to produce antibacterial agents, which he then…

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