News & events

News article 19 Jul 2023 Search for effective CCHF Treatments: first patient dosed in novel clinical trial platform in Turkiye From: LSTM July 18th 2023 –Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital in Ankara...
News article 13 Mar 2023 A large LSTM-led trial confirms new antimalarial, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, is more effective at preventing malaria than current WHO recommended treatment but does not improve adverse birth outcomes. From: LSTM A large multi-country trial of 4680 women in sub-Sahara Africa, looking at new antimalarial treatment for pregnant women in Africa, led by Prof....
News article 2 Feb 2023 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine awarded £4.7 million to establish a new Human Challenge Facility, for infectious disease research From: LSTM LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is celebrating being awarded £4.7 million in funding from the Research England Development (RED) Fund....
News article 5 Jan 2023 LSTM and MLW researchers part of team calling for simpler diagnostic tools for chronic hepatitis B patients in Africa From: LSTM A group of international researchers, including those from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust (MLW...
News article 21 Jun 2022 Ivermectin for COVID-19 review update: 11 trials and no evidence of benefit shown From: LSTM There remains no evidence to support the use of ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19 infection, state the authors of an updated Cochrane...
iiCON has supported 11 new products to market in 18 months News article 6 May 2022 iiCON supports 11 new products to market in first 18 months From: LSTM The LSTM-led consortium, iiCON: Infection Innovation Consortium, has supported 11 new products to market since launching in September 2020, with a...
Borrelia burgdorferi - credit: CDC News article 7 Jul 2021 LSTM’s Dr Lucas Cunningham receives funding from Caudwell LymeCo Charity to develop an iPCR assay to detect Lyme disease. From: LSTM LSTM’s Dr Lucas Cunningham has been awarded £35,000 from the Caudwell LymeCo Charity, a charity which raises money specifically for diagnostics and...
News article 25 Mar 2021 Small Molecule Drug Discovery for Neglected Tropical Snakebite From: LSTM The Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions has published an opinion piece on the promise of small molecule drugs as new snakebite...