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Drug to counter allergies, asthma: Scientist

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Melbourne: An Australian Nobel Prize-winning scientist is developing a drug to counter allergies and asthma, a statement said on Friday. Still in its initial stage the drug can be taken as tablets, capsules, liquids or powder, Xinhua news reported.

Barry Marshall, a microbiology professor from University of Western Australia, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 2005 for stomach ulcer research, is working on the new drug.

The medication, named Immbalance, aims to suppress an overactive immune system. “This actually arose from work we were doing on helicobacter, the stomach bug, for which Robin Warren and I won the Nobel Prize a few years ago,” Marshall said on Friday.

“We’ve discovered the way it survives in your body is by suppressing the immune system so you can’t get rid of it. “I can’t guarantee that it’s going to cure allergy sufferers… we think this kind of thing will bring people who are hyper reactive… down into the normal range.”

Marshall, who spent the last seven years developing the drug, said that it can be formulated as tablets, capsules, liquids or powder. “Children could spread the powder on their cereal or put it in a drink and over the course of a few months could suppress their allergic response,” he said in a UWA media release.

“We think it’s going to be 100 percent safe. It won’t remove your immune system; it will just take the edge off.”
 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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