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Article: vital: Sneezing season; WITH ONE IN FOUR OF US SUFFERING FROM HAY FEVER, WE GIVE YOU SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE TO BEAT THOSE SUMMERTIME BLUES.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2006
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Byline: By Lisa Adams
THE misery of hay fever, which affects tens of thousands of people, could soon be over.
Tests reveal a new vaccine developed in Switzerland keeps symptoms like sneezing, streaming eyes, coughing and wheezing away for up to eight months.
It's better than current treatments because it doesn't just target symptoms, but offers a short term cure, claims the scientist behind it, Wolfgang Renner of Swiss company Cytos.
His research offers fresh hope to the one in four Scots who suffer from hay fever. But the vaccine is not ...