MEDIA RELEASE - Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
17 February 2005
The Tasmanian project team researching potentially fatal reactions to the sting of the Jack Jumper ant has received a timely donation from a leading world producer of pyrethrum oil.
At a ceremony in Hobart today, Botanical Resources Australia donated $12,000 to the Research Foundation to support the next stage of research into reactions to the ant’s venom.
Research Foundation Executive Director Tony Reidy said that Botanical Resources Australia’s donation brought the amount of support provided directly to the Jack Jumper project by corporate and public donors during the past few months to $16,000.
“It is only through such a partnership between the community and the corporate sector that this vital research is made possible”, he said.
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