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Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Adesiji77: 8:38pm On Jul 13, 2016
The adult human facial sebum (oil) contains potent mosquito repellent properties, says a Nigerian facial surgeon, Dr. Bayo Aluko-Olokun.
Aluko-Olokun, a facial surgeon at the Department of Facial Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, made this known yesterday in Abuja.

The expert said he made the discovery after conducting studies at the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, in 2015, by testing the reaction of life mosquitoes to sebum-coated paper, P.M. News reported yesterday.
According to him, he applied the sebum to a piece of paper and placed it beside another with no substance applied in a transparent 70ml glass bottle.

“Evidence of mosquito bite is often seen on the face of children in the third world. This is rarely seen in adults as adults produce copious facial skin sebum in contradistinction to children.
“Five live mosquitoes were introduced into the bottle and the highest number of mosquitoes standing on each piece of paper at any point in time was noted over 50 minutes.



“The total length of time in seconds, during which there was at least one insect on each piece of paper was also noted and comparison of the results was then done.

“Up to three mosquitoes perched on the uncoated paper at the same time while none did on the sebum-coated paper.
“The total period of time during which at least one mosquito was found perching on the uncoated paper was 2,851 seconds out of 3,000, while zero seconds was recorded for the sebum-coated paper out of 3,000 seconds.

“The results of this preliminary study appear to indicate that human facial sebum holds promise as a mosquito repellent and this calls for further study of this phenomenon,” Aluko-Olokun said.
He said that this finding was published in the Volume Two, 2016, issue of the Research Journal of the University of Mauritius.

He said presently, the Department of Chemistry and Entomology, University of Ilorin, was carrying out further studies on the properties of the sebum to reveal the active principle.
However, he called on stakeholders and the international community to key into the discovery by undertaking more studies and research on the properties of the sebum as a likely repellent against mosquito bite.

He said that this study could help end the scourge of diseases caused by mosquito bites such as malaria, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and the microcephaly known as the Zika virus.
He said that the dengue fever afflicted up to 580 million individuals yearly while the Japanese encephalitis had a fatality rate of 0.3-60 per cent.

According to Aluko-Olokun, malaria accounts for more than a million deaths yearly mostly involving children.
“Most of these deaths occur in low-income countries where citizens are unable to afford mosquito repellents,” he said.
He said that the search for a cheap, natural, effective and harmless alternative to currently available proprietary products could yield positive results and benefit the people.

Aluko-Olokun said that apart from its medical implications, his finding could also have a positive effect on pest control in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industry.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/13/nigerian-surgeon-discovers-possible-cure-for-malaria/

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Nobody: 8:44pm On Jul 13, 2016
What we desperately need is a vaccine to prevent it.

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Nobody: 9:02am On Jul 14, 2016
Retarded_ bloggers everywhere,

POSSIBLE MOSQUITO REPELLENT not CURE

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Johnpaul2k2(m): 9:03am On Jul 14, 2016
Thank You For Good Health Foundation

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by herzern(m): 9:03am On Jul 14, 2016
So malaria no qet cure undecided.......all the lumartem wey we con dey use nko?......

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Mikehell(m): 9:03am On Jul 14, 2016
shocked shocked shocked
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Nobody: 9:03am On Jul 14, 2016
Interesting
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Namzy(m): 9:04am On Jul 14, 2016
More like prevention not cure

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by hazyfm: 9:05am On Jul 14, 2016
Johnpaul2k2:
Thank You For Good Health Foundation


Do you also drink KaiKai in the morning?

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by bammo: 9:06am On Jul 14, 2016
is this news?? embarassed my grandma has the cure na


Tot you would say vaccine or something
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Proffdada: 9:06am On Jul 14, 2016
Na lie be this one o
Nigerian mosquito no know face o. Na to bite shocked


BTW this is mosquito repellent research not malaria cure

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by SpeedndAccuracy(m): 9:06am On Jul 14, 2016
Prevention leleyii, not cure
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by DeSepiero(m): 9:07am On Jul 14, 2016
This ain't a cure though

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Nobody: 9:08am On Jul 14, 2016
Nigeria...best talented country ever liveth...quote me anywhere
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Nobody: 9:08am On Jul 14, 2016
That's quite commendable.
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by justicejay(m): 9:08am On Jul 14, 2016
Can you eradicate malaria? undecided
Can you kill all this mosquitoes?
I don't think so

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by davibid: 9:09am On Jul 14, 2016
okay
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Mopolchi: 9:09am On Jul 14, 2016
a good one
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by sugarwiz(f): 9:09am On Jul 14, 2016
Tot I already did.....
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by 400billionman: 9:10am On Jul 14, 2016
tongue

God bless Igbos.

Igbos and intelligence.

Nah so..

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by sugarwiz(f): 9:10am On Jul 14, 2016
Tot I already did..... cheesy cheesy
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Etizz: 9:11am On Jul 14, 2016
We need the one for HIV/AID.......



we can contain malaria.....

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by ginajet(f): 9:11am On Jul 14, 2016
Really? When professor Garba of Microbiology department FUT Minna is discovering Typhoid vaccine, Someone is here talking about malaria that already have cure

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Lisaint(m): 9:11am On Jul 14, 2016
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by kayo80(m): 9:12am On Jul 14, 2016
Cure for malaria?
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by feldido(m): 9:13am On Jul 14, 2016
Just a repellent and not a cure.

But I thought had sheltox? shocked

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by thereturnoflucy(m): 9:13am On Jul 14, 2016
something is wrong somewhere.... I had malaria recently and got cured never knew it was a luxury. or is it that the title is just wrong.

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Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by theunnamed: 9:13am On Jul 14, 2016
My blood is cure for malaria!!!
Re: Bayo Aluko-Olokun Discovers Malaria Possible Cure by Kenneth205(m): 9:13am On Jul 14, 2016
kennygee:
What we desperately need in a vaccine to prevent it.



Gbam

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