thesicilian:
And the award for Scientist of the Year goes to Mr. Maurice Iwu for finding a cure 5yrs ago for a new virus that was only detected 3months ago!

Chai! Lunacy in high places I tell yer

Since its not Lai i believe this then.

realokopi:
What a country
Imagine a former INEC chairman discovering cure for Corona virus.

Don't display your ignorance publicly
Next time ask questions

Hahha.. Coronavirus no be election matter

Good one prof, this is the best time to show us your work. If your research works and it's converted into drugs then you are going to be in history.

Oh! I see,
Guess you're referring to Washington DC or Paris,
If not, you're the biggest joker of the century

itsme01:




idiotic joker that is only good in rigging election and looting money, this is why we would never allow his ethnic group into our dear Aso Rock villa, nobody votes greedy clowns

Someone should just kidnap him and send the losser to Wuhan china


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Felixamos:


For where... You know how wicked nigeria politians dey?

Lol dem dey find cheap political Points honestly Nigerian politicians are shortsighted, vision less and dumb too

A plant has been found to halt the deadly Ebola virus in its tracks in laboratory tests, scientists have said.
They used a compound from Garcinia kola (bitter kolanut), a plant commonly eaten in West Africa. Compounds from the plant have also proved effective against some strains of flu.
If the anti-Ebola compound proves successful in animal and human trials, it will be the first medicine to successfully treat the virus that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever – an often-fatal condition.
The discovery was announced at the 16th International Botanical Congress in St Louis in the US.

Four deaths per five cases
The Ebola virus was first documented in 1976 after an outbreak in Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of the Congo – where 88 per cent of the 318 human cases died.
More recently, a 1995 outbreak in the same country had a death rate of 81% of the 315 infected.
There are four types of the virus – Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan and Ebola-Ivory Coast all affect humans, while Ebola-Reston has so far only affected monkeys and chimpanzees.
However, doctors have been unable to stop the virus once infection has taken hold – hence the disease has gained a terrifying reputation.

Traditional origins
Dr. Maurice Iwu, who set up and heads the Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, led the research.
It started 10 years ago when researchers were led to the plant by traditional native healers who have used the plant for the treatment of infectious diseases for centuries.
“This is a very exciting discovery,” said Dr. Iwu, who himself comes originally from a family of traditional healers.
“The same forest that yields the dreaded Ebola virus could be a source of the cure.”

Fighting chance
The virus multiplies rapidly in the human body and quickly overwhelms it, and in advanced cases the patient develops high fever and severe bleeding.
The Garcinia kola compound has been shown to halt multiplication of the virus in the laboratory. If repeated in humans, this would give the body a chance to fight off the virus.
The active compound is what is known as a dimeric flavonoid, which is two flavonoid molecules fused together.
Flavonoids are non-toxic and can be found in orange and lemon rinds as well as the colourings of other plants.

Drug hopes
The tests are in the early stages still, but the researchers hope that if they continue to prove successful the compound the US Food and Drug Administration will put it on a fast track – making a drug available to humans within a matter of years.
“The discovery of these important properties in a simple compound – flavonoids – was very surprising,” said Dr. Iwu.
“The structure of this compound lends itself to modification, so it provides a template for future work.
“Even if this particular drug does not succeed through the whole drug approval process, we can use it to construct a new drug for this deadly disease.”
. This article was first published by the British Broadcasting Corporation on August 5, 1999 when Prof. Maurice Iwu was still Dr. Maurice Iwu. Prof. Iwu was a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. He has since returned to his first love of researching after his service at INEC

thesicilian:
And the award for Scientist of the Year goes to Mr. Maurice Iwu for finding a cure 5yrs ago for a new virus that was only detected 3months ago!

Coronavirus has been in existence for many years

BULLIONVAN4:
Oh! I see,
Guess you're referring to Washington DC or Paris,
If not, you're the biggest joker of the century

I don't argue with dunce on Mondays.. please keep it moving

Audio discovery, no be this man steal Oceanic Bank money abi which bank that time, hin wan come scam Buhari to collect the reward for discovering, Igbo man too like money haba

itsme01:




idiotic joker that is only good in rigging election and looting money, this is why we would never allow his ethnic group into our dear Aso Rock villa, nobody votes greedy clowns, Lamidi kanu would soon spew trash too, he is only waiting for a Fulani or Yoruba to get infected

Someone should just kidnap him and send the losser to Wuhan china


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see painment ,sorry for your siifia pain on your corn yoruba Muslim head. Did you read about APC speaker mothers coming birthday in Dubai ?

itsme01:


I don't argue with dunce on Mondays.. please keep it moving

kid,

You don't know who you are messing with.
I forgive you

I hope this is not another gimmick to syphone our resources ooo

realokopi:
What a country
Imagine a former INEC chairman discovering cure for Corona virus.

The joke is on you, sir.

Maurice Iwu is actually an eminent Professor of Pharmacognosy.

Pharmacognosy deals with the research / production of medicines from plants and other non-chemical sources.

Danzakidakura:
see painment ,sorry for your siifia pain on your corn yoruba Muslim head. Did you read about APC speaker mothers coming birthday in Dubai ?

the question is when will you ibo boy celebrate and make your own mother happy instead of monitoring Gbajabiamila a Yoruba and a muslim up and down

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Abeg abeg .... no try use sense for us I beg you...!go face your corruption case with efcc first. I remembered you saying you had discovered Ebola cures last time but still ebola has being killing people in some parts of our continent.

Oga corona abeg no listen to this man oo...and if you finally vex enter naija, abeg visit him and his household first

JEmma1:
Let me just comment my reserves..

If you are sure you and your team have found the cure to covid-19 like you claimed, you will not even be seeking sponsorship form Nigeria's federal government. you will be negotiating with bigger players like WHO, UNICEF or even China.

he need money to prove it. Is the free money for only politicians?

This is one thing I hate about Nigeria and Nigerians.pull him Down syndrome.You won’t give someone benefit of doubt yet you crucify him .sofice it to say that the cure is from oyibo land ,we swallow it hook line and sinker.a Nigerian is ready to eat oyibo man poo as medicine as long as it’s from abroad....sorry Nigerians sorry.

BULLIONVAN4:
kid,

You don't know who you are messing with.
I forgive you

surprise me by chextbeating, as if we don't know the clownish people of Nigeria... better get the fvck off now in peace

Tajbol4splend:
Audio discovery, no be this man steal Oceanic Bank money abi which bank that time, hin wan come scam Buhari to collect the reward for discovering, Igbo man too like money haba

yeah, since it's only Igbo man that likes Money and you hate money......

May it never come your way... Amen.

It's not a curse, but a fact

Did I hear you say "CURE"?

pmoye:
Nigerians, here we go again.
First, it was cure for HIV.
Then Ebola.
And now for Coronavirus.... And when they will produce that cure it will be some Alomo Bitters. I'm sure it is the one below that Ewure is talking about.

Na wa, we are always too quick to jump into conclusions, why not wait and see how things unfold, nigerians in the health industry are good at what they do with an enabling environment, thats why nigerian doctors in the US are highly rated.

How will you feel later if what he and his group has is actually a good cure for virus?

Imagine you calling him "ewure" meaning a goat...

Wetin d man do you? This is a man that you are supposed to be using his achievements as a reference and prayer point.

May God grant all of us wisdom and understanding.

According to my own observations coronavirus is a man made killer to reduce the world population, since when this virus started they have never scan and show us example of how the germs that cause the virus look like, there is no any scan how this virus react in human body system, and since scientist has been silent our this virus USA don't take it serious,i have strong Believe that corona virus is a lab develop virus to reduce world population remember China has the hight population and this the same virus start from China, don't let us decieve ourselves coronavirus is a man made.

This iwu again
He claimed cola can cure ebola
https://theeagleonline.com.ng/kolanut-can-cure-ebola-prof-maurice-iwu/

itsme01:



surprise me by chextbeating, as if we don't know the clownish people of Nigeria... better get the fvck off now in peace

go back to school and acquire some morals.... you need it.


7 cent

Same Maurice Iwu that couldn't conduct free n fair elections as INEC Boss? Please FG should ignore him and his team and concentrate on how to curtail the Corona virus oooo

Price...

Why are we so quick to condemn. He is a specialist in this. Politricks is a different game. Very different from professionalism.
Dr Abalaka was criticized then when he got cure for aids. Yet his medical record in immune system has not be broken in the world.

Let's give him benefit of doubt

See job men... need govt support... who was sick of the virus that was cured?
They should prove it.