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News article 17 Sep 2025 LSTM welcomes three leading global health therapeutics experts with support from UKRI From: LSTM Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has appointed three internationally recognised senior academics within the Tropical Disease Biology...
Cameroonian blackflies, the vectors for onchocerciasis. News article 4 Sep 2025 Clinical trial to test potential new cure for river blindness From: LSTM A new £4.9m clinical trial will evaluate whether an existing antibiotic can be repurposed as a short-course cure for onchocerciasis, a neglected...
News article 5 Aug 2025 New study shows how E. coli can become resistant to a key antibiotic during treatment From: LSTM Scientists have documented a notable case of antibiotic resistance evolving within a critically ill patient during treatment for an E. coli...
News article 14 Jan 2025 LSTM develops the world's first rapid test that detects Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever From: LSTM Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have developed the world's first rapid, point of care Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever...
The A∙WOL antifilarial drug discovery team. News article 12 Jun 2024 A∙WOL antifilarial drug discovery team win prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize From: LSTM The A∙WOL antifilarial drug discovery team has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Horizon Prize, which celebrates discoveries...
News article 22 Mar 2024 LSTM researcher receives Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award for a project investigating drug resistance in E. Coli From: LSTM The Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) has awarded £125,000 to Dr Thomas Edwards at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to support his...
A graphic showing how graphene molecules might look under a microsope. News article 4 Mar 2024 Cutting-edge graphene 'lab on a chip' medical diagnostic technology investigated in new project From: LSTM A new project will investigate how advanced graphene technology could be utilised to rapidly detect infection and act as the basis for new medical...
Image of laboratory News article 16 Jan 2024 LSTM's Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics awarded close to £10m to aid expansion From: LSTM Research England has awarded £9.8 million to the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (CDD) at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to train the...