roject , t e
people'
at it doe ot
coc ro c
rveys i
., d tbe
epublic,
er nd medical
ntbropologi t K t leen
r e of tbe Univer ity of
Florid found t at people
do " re lize tbe potential
be Ith tbre t from
coc ro c e d tbe
ller ie t ey c u c.
Alt ou b people 0 bo
to reduce coc ro ch
um r -by eeping food
off countertops and storing
tr outside the
e-t ey do 't I ay
o. 0 B rne nd
Gordon
infe t tio i
m Iter of
nymore.
d treat
allergy.
at
into different
Hive volunteers to
icb protein ca e
e itivity.
Allergi t ould tben
give p tients
immunotber py itb only
t e proteins tbat cause
problem . T eoretically,
tbe current pr ctice of
i jecung patie ts itb
gro nd up bole
coc roacbe co Id
inadvertently induce a
e itivi ty to otber
protei .
,"
-Develop coc roach
con trol tha t don't
accidentally increase
allergy causing proteins.
For e ample, many
cockroach controls alter
the insect' hormone
production, which could·
conceivably increase the
production of "b d"
protein " By finding out
hich protein re the
culprits, Brenner nd other
scienti ten void 0
overproduction of tbo e
eo trying to control tbe
i c emic Itt
·Co II ed en
filtr tio