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News article 10 Jun 2019 Xpert Ultra test for diagnosing TB now included in Cochrane Review From: LSTM Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide. Globally in 2017, of the...
Image ©WHO/M. Nieuwenhof - Vaccination facility in Lilongwe News article 24 Apr 2019 MLW Programme partner in first malaria vaccine roll out in Malawi From: LSTM The Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome (MLW) Clinical Research Programme, of which LSTM is a partner, is proud to be taking part in the pilot scheme for the...
News article 4 Apr 2019 Dr Samantha Donnellan reaches FameLab finals From: LSTM LSTM’s Dr Samantha Donnellan has made it to the final of FameLab UK which will be held as part of the Cheltenham Science Festival in June.
News article 29 Mar 2019 Research into tropical eye worm, Loa loa, yields new tests to rapidly assess safety of anti-filarial drugs From: LSTM Researchers at the LSTM’s Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (CDDR), and University of Buea, Cameroon, have developed new models of the tropical eye...
News article 28 Feb 2019 Typhoid vaccine may protect against other infections From: LSTM New research by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the University of Liverpool shows that vaccination with weakened strains of...
(Image: courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., United States.) [CC BY 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons News article 25 Jan 2019 LSTM and Imperial College Researchers design new anti-influenza drugs From: LSTM Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the...
News article 8 Jan 2019 LSTM and UoL researchers design new anti-Wolbachia drug with potential to treat onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis From: LSTM Researchers from LSTM and the University of Liverpool have successfully optimised a hit from a whole cell screening of a 10000-compound library to...
LSTM Director Professor Janet Hemingway with Honorary Degree recipients Dr Letitia Obeng (left) and Professor Victor Mwapasa (right) News article 7 Dec 2018 LSTM’s inaugural graduation ceremony From: LSTM LSTM has held its first independent graduation ceremony at Liverpool’s iconic Liver Building on Thursday 6th December, after having received its...