Worms not to be sneezed at

WORMS hold the key to new treatments for asthma and other allergic diseases, a leading scientist believes.

Worms not to be sneezed at
Wed, 29 Aug, 2007 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

Dr Padraic Fallon in the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and his team have just been awarded €1.68 million by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to develop new treatments for allergies.

About half a million people in Ireland suffer from asthma. The country has the forth highest rate of asthma in the world and levels are increasing.

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