Published: Jan 14, 2021
LONDON and RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Verona Pharma plc (Nasdaq: VRNA) (“Verona Pharma”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, announces it has completed enrollment (n=45) in its pilot clinical study evaluating the efficacy and safety of ensifentrine delivered via pressurized metered-dose inhaler (“pMDI”) formulation in U.S. patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
David Zaccardelli, Pharm. D., President and CEO of Verona Pharma, said: “Completing enrollment of the pilot study in COVID-19 is an important milestone and we are on track to report top-line results in the second quarter of 2021. We are pleased vaccines are now approved for the prevention of COVID-19; however, a significant unmet need remains for effective treatments for symptomatic patients. We believe ensifentrine, with its novel mechanism of action, could help to improve COVID-19 patient outcomes.”
Utilization of the diabetes drug metformin - before a determination of COVID-19 - is related with a triple reduction in mortality in COVID-19 patients with Type
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A former president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham who also served as mayor of Vestavia Hills died Saturday. A cause of death for Dr. Charles A. “Scotty” McCallum Jr. was not released. He was 95 years old. News outlets report McCallum’s son, Chris, posted on Facebook about his father’s death, saying “Dad made it.
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This news release, written by Laura Millsaps at Ames Laboratory, is being jointly issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Brookhaven Lab media contacts: Ariana Manglaviti, 631-344-2347, amanglaviti@bnl.gov or Peter Genzer, 631-344-3174, genzer@bnl.gov; Ames Lab media contact: Laura Millsaps, 515-294-3474, millsaps@ameslab.gov.
Light-induced Twisting of Weyl Nodes Switches on Giant Electron Current
January 18, 2021
Collaborating scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy s Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven Laboratory and the University of Alabama Birmingham used laser pulses to twist the crystal lattice of a Weyl semimetal, switching on a giant electron current that appears to be nearly dissipationless. The discovery and control of such properties brings these materials another step closer to use in applications such as quantum computing.
Former UAB president Charles McCallum dies
January 16, 2021 GMT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham who also served as mayor of Vestavia Hills died Saturday, the university and his family confirmed.
A cause of death for Dr. Charles A. “Scotty” McCallum Jr. was not released. He was 95 years old.
McCallum’s son, Chris, posted on Facebook about his father’s death, news outlets reported.
“Dad made it to heaven at 205 this am,” Chris McCallum wrote. “If you knew him he made you part of his family!”
McCallum was named the third president of UAB in 1987 and served until 1993. He also served the university as vice president for Health Affairs, dean of the School of Dentistry and chair of the Department of Oral Surgery.