Medical treatment breakthrough
8 August 2014
Medical fellow Professor David Greaves has developed a new treatment for psoriasis which will be marketed by an American bio-tech company, Rogne Bioscience. The anti-inflammatory formula uses a protein produced naturally in the body. Because it is applied to the skin, it has fewer side-effects than existing treatments which are given as medicines or injections. Prof Greaves explained:
Our peptide is derived from a protein which is produced naturally by the human body and appears to play a role as the body’s own off-switch for inflammation.