Professor Sir Salvador
Moncada will give a free Dean’s
Lecture at Monash University
today.
Professor Moncada founded the
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical
Research at the University
College London, and as director
of the Wellcome Research
Laboratories, his team identified
the role of nitric oxide which has
since been understood to be a
neurotransmitter, an inflammation
modulator and a sensor of cellular
distress, leading to the development
of drugs for erectile dysfunction
including Viagra, Monash said.
He also presided over the
discovery and development of the
anti-epileptic Lamotrigine and the
anti-malarial Atovaquone.
In addition, he led the
development of the anti-migraine
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