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Volunteers wanted for research into seaweed-based nasal spray to help combat Covid-19
Swansea University is carrying out human clinical trials as part of potentially ground-breaking research
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Volunteers are needed for the human clinical trials (Image: Swansea University)
A university is calling for nearly 500 volunteers from South Wales to be part of vital research into whether an over-the-counter nasal spray could help protect against Covid-19. Scientists at Swansea University are carrying out human clinical trials to investigate whether Carragelose, which contains a form of seaweed, could prevent or reduce the severity of symptoms of Covid-19.
They want to hear from key workers, such as teachers, police or local authority staff or anyone else who is still interacting with members outside their household for work, study or volunteering.
The first woman consultant cardiac surgeon in Wales has been made OBE in the New Year Honours.
Professor Farah Bhatti, 55, was the first British woman of Pakistani heritage to be appointed as a consultant cardiac surgeon in the UK.
She was also the first female cardiac surgeon and first Muslim woman to be elected as a council member of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) England.
In 2007, she was appointed as a consultant cardiac surgeon at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, south Wales.
Prof Bhatti, who was born in Birmingham and brought up in south London, has been honoured for services to diversity in the NHS in Wales.