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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...
News article 2 Mar 2021 Discovery of a mechanism of lymphatic disease leads to new opportunities to treat filariasis morbidity From: LSTM A research team led by investigators at LSTMs Centres for Drugs & Diagnostics (CDD) and Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) have determined a...
Hydroxychloroquine bottle held in hand in doctors office with patient News article 11 Feb 2021 New Cochrane Review shows chloroquine doesn’t help people with COVID-19 From: LSTM Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation, state the...
Sports equipment News article 10 Feb 2021 Transmission risk of COVID-19 from sports equipment From: LSTM A team, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Dr Emily Adams, has investigated the transmission risk of COVID-19 from sports equipment,...
News article 18 Jun 2020 LSTM's third virtual symposium on Global Health Research & Vaccination: Private sector partnership, research and accelerating the development of new tools From: LSTM LSTM hosted the last in a series of online symposia that addressed the role of research in vaccine development and delivery and the creation of...