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Nigerian pharmacist has discovered cures for Zika and Denge diseases.
If their potency is established, the drugs will bring relief to patients
with Zika and Dengue viruses.
Nigerian pharmacist, Ben Amodu
At the 4th annual clinical trial summit held in Abuja, themed: “Clinical research and public health emergency in sub-Saharan Africa”,
a Nigerian pharmacist, leading African herbal farmer and researcher,
Ben Amodu, who reportedly discovered cures for Zika Virus and Denge
diseases, has presented the herbal drugs to the Federal Government.
Amodu who presented the herbal drugs through the Minister of
Science and technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, explained that the CD8 of a
number of patients administered with the herbal drugs increased from
608 to 778 and 1,419 to 2,419. "This shows that it has strong activity against Ebola works," he stated.
While profiling the clinical literature of the medicine, the
expert disclosed that the efficacy of the drug’s prevention and cure
of Dengue, Ebola and Zika viruses, have shown remarkable responses in
animal experiments, adding that the products have been sent to Singapore
for further test at a p4 laboratory which is not available in the
country.
While responding to the presentation at the event, the minister,
Ogbonnaya Onu condemned Nigeria’s continued importation of herbal drugs
when it had unexploited rich biodiversity.
He noted that with the current state of the economy, the country
could benefit a lot from the herbal industry, which generates about
$100 billion yearly worldwide.
“I am very disturbed that Nigerian imports all forms of herbal
products from different parts of the world: if we exploit our rich
biodiversity properly we can meet our demands and those of others in
the world,” he added.
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