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News article 9 Feb 2018 Vietnam - UK seeking dose optimisation for tuberculosis From: LSTM The Newton Fund Vietnam has funded a collaborative research project on non-multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis with the aim of finding the optimal...
News article 26 Jan 2018 Discussing diagnostics on BBC Radio Merseyside From: LSTM LSTM’s Dr Emily Adams has been this year’s first guest on BBC Radio Merseyside’s SciFri, talking to presenter Tony Snell about her diagnostics...
News article 25 Jan 2018 LSTM researchers investigate whether polio labs can help tackle neglected tropical diseases From: LSTM Researchers from LSTM have investigated the possibility of utilising the polio network of 145 labs set up around the world to help tackle neglected...
Blood samples being taken from a mother and child from Bukoba Village, Uganda News article 15 Jan 2018 Study shows persistent and increasing malaria parasites despite access to regular treatment in Uganda From: LSTM A new study confirms further reasons for concern with the control of malaria in Uganda.
Health workers demonstrate bednets, Courtesy of Sven Torffin, WHO World Malaria Day 2017 News article 1 Dec 2017 Malaria research agenda stresses the need for innovation and integration From: LSTM New research agenda for malaria elimination and global eradication 'malERA' stresses the need for innovation and integrated approaches.Liverpool...
News article 24 Nov 2017 LSTM's 118th Annual General Meeting From: LSTM LSTM’s 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Friday 24 November. The meeting saw LSTM’s vice-presidents, the Board of Trustees and Members...
News article 15 Nov 2017 LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit at the Natural History Museum From: LSTM Researchers from LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit have been involved in a new exhibition that has opened at the Natural History Museum in...
LF patients News article 24 Oct 2017 New combination therapy of registered re-purposed drugs dramatically shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis from weeks to days From: LSTM Researchers from LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (RCDD) have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...
News article 6 Oct 2017 LSTM’s Athena Swan Bronze Award is renewed From: LSTM Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has had its institutional Bronze Award for Athena SWAN of the Equality Challenge Unit renewed until April 2021...
News article 28 Sep 2017 AWOL identifies novel chemotypes in the search for drugs to combat LF and onchocerciasis From: LSTM Researchers from the A∙WOL consortium, based in the Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics at LSTM, have carried out whole cell screening of a 10,...
News article 15 Sep 2017 Snakebite envenoming From: LSTM LSTM’s Dr Robert Harrison from the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit, has co-authored a primer about Snakebite envenoming looking at all aspects of...
News article 14 Sep 2017 Professor Janet Hemingway announces her intention to retire as Director of LSTM From: LSTM Professor Janet Hemingway CBE FRS has announced her intention to retire from the position of Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (...
News article 6 Jul 2017 Research team at LSTM develop new ways to create and deliver medications for a wide range of immune-mediated neuropathies. From: LSTM Researchers at LSTM are looking at new ways to create and deliver medications for a wide range of immune-mediated neuropathies, by developing new...
News article 5 Jul 2017 LSTM at the Big Bang North West festival From: LSTM LSTM’s Respiratory Research team led by Dr Simon Jochems, the A·WOL Consortium’s Dr Louise Ford and Dr Kelly Johnston with support from RCDD’s Dr...
Global health diagnostics course attendees. Photo credited to the University of McGill. News article 3 Jul 2017 A review of the McGill summer institute’s course in Global Health Diagnostics The University of McGill’s global health diagnostics course was held on the 12th-18th June in Montreal, Canada. As part of the McGill summer...
News article 29 Jun 2017 New Publication: qRT-PCR assay for Chikungunya The diagnostics units work on the design and evaluation of a qRT-PCR assay for Chikungunya virus is to be published in an upcoming edition of the...
News article 27 Jun 2017 MRC Confidence in Concept 2017: Awards announced From: LSTM The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium has announced the successful projects that will be receiving an MRC Confidence in Concept Award to...
News article 20 Jun 2017 Recipients of LSTM’s new Director’s Catalyst Fund announced From: LSTM The first five recipients of a new fund to support early stage projects have been announced, and are in the process to begin their research.
News article 19 Jun 2017 LSTM’s A·WOL Consortium at Africa Oyé From: LSTM This weekend saw Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest annual free celebration of African music and culture, take place in Sefton Park in Liverpool. Thousands...
News article 2 Jun 2017 LSTM well represented at WL6 Between the 16th and 20th of May the beautifully ancient city of Toledo was host to 1500 ‘leishmaniacs’ from over 70 countries reunited for the...
News article 1 Jun 2017 LSTM Seminar report: "Antimicrobial Resistance; it’s in you!" From: LSTM LSTM’s seminar series 2016/2017 concluded this week with a talk from LSTM’s Dr Adam Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and...
News article 31 May 2017 LSTM launches new Transposon Registry From: LSTM LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for the scientific community.
News article 24 May 2017 LSTM and partners develop molecule that could lead to first synthetic one-dose malaria treatment From: LSTM Researchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has the potential...
News article 10 May 2017 Evaluation of the FluoroType MTB test published in ERJ Open On May 8th, the RCDD published a paper in the journal ERJ Open, detailing an evaluation of FluoroType MTB (Hain Lifescience, Germany), a new...
News article 8 May 2017 LSTM faculties receive Athena SWAN Bronze Awards From: LSTM Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has achieved two faculty Bronze Awards for Athena SWAN of the Equality Challenge Unit. It is a...
News article 5 May 2017 First molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance in sandflies From: LSTM A study led by LSTM identifies a potent molecular mechanism for insecticide resistance in the world’s most medically-important sandfly species and...
Photo from Left to right: Prof. Russell Stothard, Dr. Renata Candido and Prof. Tim St Pierre News article 2 May 2017 Worms, Magnets and Diagnostics: Exploring new methods to diagnose egg-patent schistosomiasis The RCDD seminars aim to provide the group with new ideas and advances in diagnostics as control of many diseases requires better methods of parasite...
News article 26 Apr 2017 Liverpool drug discovery group generates a new series of inhibitors active against multi drug resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis via an MRC funded DPFS award (Biagini PI) Paper recently published by members of RCDD
News article 18 Apr 2017 Our recent activities by LSTM people in the field of NTDs From: LSTM   
News article 7 Apr 2017 Medical Research Council Proximity to Discovery Fund LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics has successfully secured institutional funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to fund...
Credit: Alex Ribeiro News article 31 Mar 2017 LSTM led study examines the venom system of a tiny fish with big teeth From: LSTM A study led by LSTM describes the advanced venom system of a seemingly unassuming little fish, and its major impact on fishes and other animals in...
News article 29 Mar 2017 Statement from LSTM following the UK's formal announcement to leave the EU From: LSTM Following the referendum of 2016, the UK government has this week formalised the outcome by officially announcing  its decision to leave the...
News article 29 Mar 2017 RCDD reports on a new way of screening potential treatments for tuberculosis From: LSTM In a paper published in Scientific Reports scientists from LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (RCDD) have described a new way...
Cross section filarial nematode wolbachia in green News article 17 Mar 2017 New anti-Wolbachia drug regimen could reduce treatment times of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis to 1-2 weeks From: LSTM Scientists from the A·WOL Consortium, based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, have published a paper in Nature's Scientific Reports...
News article 10 Mar 2017 MRC Confidence in Concept Fund 2016-2017 Now open for applications From: LSTM The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium is managing a MRC Confidence in Concept Award 2016-17 of £549,000 which can be allocated to individual...
News article 3 Mar 2017 Noguchi Polio Trip With the success of the campaign to eradicate polio the questions surrounding the legacy of the Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) should be...
News article 8 Feb 2017 IVCC secure licence with Indian manufacturer for production of IQKs developed at LSTM From: LSTM IVCC has signed a licence agreement with Tagros Chemicals India to manufacture and commercialise Insecticide Quantification Kits (IQKs) in India, and...
News article 18 Jan 2017 Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases Research launched From: LSTM LSTM and the University of Liverpool have launched a new joint centre which aims to address the urgent need to develop new antimicrobials and...
News article 29 Nov 2016 LSTM project receives a special mention in Access to Medicines Index 2016 From: LSTM LSTM’s partnership with pharmaceutical giant GSK looking at the capacity of key African institutions to undertake research into non-communicable...
News article 25 Nov 2016 LSTM’s 117th Annual General Meeting From: LSTM LSTM’s 117th Annual General Meeting (AGM) has taken place. The meeting saw LSTM’s vice-presidents, the Board of Trustees and Members along with staff...

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