Ivermectin is a derivative of Avermectin, which is considered such an important anti-parasitic medicine that its creators were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015.
In the future, questions about erythromycin's ancestors, the selection principles that led to avermectin, or how to emulate natural variation in the laboratory, might be answered. Genomics has ...
For Nobel Laureate Satoshi Omura, it was on a golf course in Japan where he collected a soil sample that would contribute to the development of Avermectin, a medicine that helps millions of people ...