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STAFF from the Western Health and Social Trust (Western Trust) joined volunteers from across Northern Ireland (NI) to take part in a milestone study into the new Novavax Covid-19 vaccine. Three members of the Western Trust Research Team – research nurses Dawn Small, Caitriona Lavery and Donal Concannon – all played an important role within the project. The study was a large UK-wide research initiative which aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Novavax vaccine against Covid-19, inv...

Antiviral tablet Favipiravir is already used in Japan for flu, and is made by Fujifilm Toyama Chemicals. It is now being trialled for use in Covid patients with milder symptoms by scientists in Glasgow who hope it could stop them developing serious ones. It has to be taken within four days of a positive test and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the University of Glasgow are urging people who have been diagnosed with the infection to take part in a new study. The tablet can be taken at ...

Researchers and clinicians are recruiting members of the public to help test new Covid-19 treatment

National February 6, 2021 LAHORE: Global funding for COVID-19 vaccine development has exceeded 10 times in less than a year the amount allocated for HIV and TB research and development in 11 years. “A staggering amount of $103.8 billion has been thrust into COVID-19 vaccine development within a period of just 11 months of 2020 as compared to a paltry $9.5 billion ($8.5 billion for HIV and $1billion for TB) for HIV and TB research and vaccine development during 11-year period from 2009 to 201...

No amount of high-tech special systems could save Berlin from a two-front war. Key point: The Allies simply outproduced Germany and had more resources to use to win. In fact, some of Hitlers vanity wonder projects may have come at the cost of trying to win or come to a truce. During Germany’s early string of victories between 1939 and 1941, Hitler informed the members of the nation’s aerospace industry that he had decided to impose new restrictions on aircraft research and development. How...

Share or Print this page In aggressive pursuit of its vision of a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia, the Association once again made its largest-ever research investment in FY20, granting more than $47 million to 139 new scientific investigations. Investments included awards to 119 projects funded through the International Research Grant Program, representing proposals ranked highest by a peer-reviewed process in a highly competitive field of 406 applications submitt...