REA:Life is an interdisciplinary natural and cultural sciences project that traces the prevalence of disease, and the history of societies’ increasing awareness of epidemiological disease during the Age of Exploration (15th to 18th century) and beyond.
The main aim is the retrieval of lost medicinal knowledge, identifying novel compounds for bioactivity screening with the latest cutting edge methods in analytical pharmacology, immunological assays and microbiome metagenomics.
The increasing awareness of causative disease agents resulted in the establishment of preventive infrastructure and mitigative measures such as quarantine islands and medical treatment all over Europe, including Norway.