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A trial volunteer taking the new drug. Photo by Kate Dodd News article 6 Jan 2022 First in human trial for new drug targeting LF and onchocerciasis starts in Liverpool From: LSTM A new drug developed by an LSTM led partnership, which targets the neglected tropical diseases lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis has begun its...
News article 31 Mar 2020 LSTM awarded new GHIT grant to fund next stage in anti-Wolbachia drug discovery From: LSTM LSTM, together with colleagues at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Liverpool (UoL) and Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, has...
News article 28 Jan 2020 World NTD Day 2020 From: LSTM #BeatNTDs: For good. For all
News article 27 Jan 2020 LSTM to host high level Global Health research symposium as UK prepares to secure worldwide funding for the future of global vaccinations From: LSTM Over 100 scientists, doctors, along with representatives from industry, charities and government agencies to meet in Liverpool. Focus on the...
News article 27 Dec 2019 LSTM’s emeritus Professor David Molyneux receives Queen’s Honour From: LSTM LSTM’s Emeritus Professor David Molyneux has been appointed as Companion to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) in...
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 15 Jan 2019 In Memoriam: Renowned parasitologist Professor Dr C.P. Ramachandran (1937 – 2019) From: LSTM It is with great sadness that LSTM has learned of the passing of its alumnus and Mary Kingsley Medal recipient, Professor Dr Cherubala ...
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...
News article 14 Sep 2018 LSTM led partnership awarded £1.5 million for NTD drug development From: LSTM An LSTM led partnership has been awarded nearly £1.5 million from the Medical Research Council (MRC) for the pre-clinical development of a candidate...
News article 28 Jun 2018 LSTM commits to pay the ‘UK settlement’ fee for its EU employees From: LSTM Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has announced it will pay the forthcoming UK settlement fee for its EU citizen employees.
News article 29 May 2018 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) appoints Professor David Lalloo as its new Director From: LSTM The Board of Trustees of LSTM is delighted to announce that Professor David Lalloo has been appointed as its new Director. He will succeed Professor...
News article 14 Dec 2017 LSTM's A·WOL consortium celebrates 10-year milestone From: LSTM The A·WOL consortium celebrated a significant milestone as it hit its 10-year review, looking back at the progress made so far, which includes a...
News article 24 Nov 2017 LSTM's 118th Annual General Meeting From: LSTM LSTM’s 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on Friday 24 November. The meeting saw LSTM’s vice-presidents, the Board of Trustees and Members...
LF patients News article 24 Oct 2017 New combination therapy of registered re-purposed drugs dramatically shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis from weeks to days From: LSTM Researchers from LSTM’s Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics (RCDD) have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...
News article 28 Sep 2017 AWOL identifies novel chemotypes in the search for drugs to combat LF and onchocerciasis From: LSTM Researchers from the A∙WOL consortium, based in the Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics at LSTM, have carried out whole cell screening of a 10,...
News article 27 Sep 2017 LSTM’s ambassador for NTDs, Professor Tchuem Tchuenté, talks at BSP Autumn Symposium From: LSTM The 2017 British Society for Parasitology hosts its Autumn symposium in London this week in association with the Linnean Society.
News article 14 Sep 2017 Professor Janet Hemingway announces her intention to retire as Director of LSTM From: LSTM Professor Janet Hemingway CBE FRS has announced her intention to retire from the position of Director of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (...
Infected Abroad: Mosquito Bites News article 31 Jul 2017 A·WOL Lab on Discovery Channel The A·WOL lab was featured on Infected Abroad: Mosquito Bites aired by Discovery Channel July 2017.
News article 5 Jul 2017 LSTM at the Big Bang North West festival From: LSTM LSTM’s Respiratory Research team led by Dr Simon Jochems, the A·WOL Consortium’s Dr Louise Ford and Dr Kelly Johnston with support from RCDD’s Dr...
News article 27 Jun 2017 MRC Confidence in Concept 2017: Awards announced From: LSTM The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium has announced the successful projects that will be receiving an MRC Confidence in Concept Award to...
News article 19 Jun 2017 LSTM’s A·WOL Consortium at Africa Oyé From: LSTM This weekend saw Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest annual free celebration of African music and culture, take place in Sefton Park in Liverpool. Thousands...
News article 1 Jun 2017 LSTM Seminar report: "Antimicrobial Resistance; it’s in you!" From: LSTM LSTM’s seminar series 2016/2017 concluded this week with a talk from LSTM’s Dr Adam Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and...
News article 31 May 2017 LSTM launches new Transposon Registry From: LSTM LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for the scientific community.
News article 19 May 2017 Liverpool’s first Pint of Science festival From: LSTM This week has seen LSTM’s staff take part in a festival taking science out of the lab and into the pub! Pint of Science is a non-profit global...
News article 8 May 2017 LSTM faculties receive Athena SWAN Bronze Awards From: LSTM Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has achieved two faculty Bronze Awards for Athena SWAN of the Equality Challenge Unit. It is a...
News article 18 Apr 2017 Our recent activities by LSTM people in the field of NTDs From: LSTM   
Cross section filarial nematode wolbachia in green News article 17 Mar 2017 New anti-Wolbachia drug regimen could reduce treatment times of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis to 1-2 weeks From: LSTM Scientists from the A·WOL Consortium, based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, have published a paper in Nature's Scientific Reports...
News article 10 Mar 2017 MRC Confidence in Concept Fund 2016-2017 Now open for applications From: LSTM The Tropical Infectious Disease Consortium is managing a MRC Confidence in Concept Award 2016-17 of £549,000 which can be allocated to individual...
News article 20 Feb 2017 The UK Coalition Against NTDs join forces to advance the agenda 5 Years On From: LSTM The World Health Organisation’s roadmap on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and the London Declaration on NTDs are marking their 5th anniversary...
News article 27 Jan 2017 Fifth anniversary of the London Declaration on NTDs: Progress made and challenges remaining From: LSTM As we move towards the five-year anniversary of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), LSTM’s Senior Professorial Fellow David...
News article 18 Jan 2017 Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases Research launched From: LSTM LSTM and the University of Liverpool have launched a new joint centre which aims to address the urgent need to develop new antimicrobials and...
Fig 2. Histological analysis of endobacteria content and worm age. News article 6 Jan 2017 A·WOL compared various drugs for their efficacy against onchocerciasis in a randomized, open-label, pilot trial This week, scientists from the A·WOL Consortium published a paper entitled: Comparison of Doxycycline, Minocycline, Doxycycline plus Albendazole and...
News article 15 Nov 2016 New drug candidate for the curative treatment of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis From: LSTM The LSTM based A-WOL consortium discovered the molecule TylAMac™ , which has been selected as a candidate for development as the first drug designed...
News article 9 Nov 2016 LSTM Seminar: Microbial symbionts for control of mosquito-borne disease. From: LSTM There was a special seminar at LSTM this week with a presentation by Grant Hughes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the...
News article 3 Nov 2016 Seminar report: Neglected tropical diseases and LSTM From: LSTM LSTM’s Seminar Series continued this week with a seminar by Professor David Molyneux, Emeritus Professor and Senior Professorial Fellow at the...
News article 2 Nov 2016 Professor Janet Hemingway receives Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Chester From: LSTM LSTM’s Director, Professor Janet Hemingway CBE, has been honoured by the University of Chester today as she is conferred as Honorary Doctor of...
News article 19 Oct 2016 Liverpool unveils world-class Knowledge Quarter vision From: LSTM Liverpool’s leading politicians, universities and hospitals came together today to launch their multibillion pound vision for the redevelopment of a...
News article 13 Oct 2016 Liberia to launch COUNTDOWN programme to support interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases From: LSTM The COUNTDOWN programme for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) is to be launched in Liberia on Wednesday, 19th October 2016. Liberia is recovering...
News article 13 Oct 2016 Seminar Series report: Why research integrity (RI) isn’t just ‘somebody else’s problem’ From: LSTM LSTM’s Seminar Series continued with a presentation to LSTM staff and students by Dr Liz Wager, Publications Consultant and Visiting Professor from...
News article 7 Oct 2016 The Bangladesh Filariasis Elimination Programme visits LSTM From: LSTM This week LSTM’s Filarial Programmes Support Unit (FPSU) played host to members of the programme team in Bangladesh who visited to review progress,...

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