University of Edinburgh Spin-out Detects Cancer Earlier Secures £1m to Commercialize cfDNA Breakthrough
Scotland is known as a resourceful place and if one cares to understand a bit of economic history, there’s a decent case to be made…
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Aberdeen University Joins the PROOF-HD Global Huntington’s Disease Study Centering on Improving Total Functioning Capacity
With no known treatment and symptoms involving functional decline and the potential for death, Aberdeen University in Scotland recently signed on to a clinical trial…
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Investigating Favipiravir as Early Onset Treatment for Mild to Moderate COVID-19 in Scotland
Scotland has kicked off a favipiravir-based study investigating the efficacy and safety of that antiviral drug targeting COVID-19 cases in Caledonia. Organized by the Glasgow University…
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde & University of Glasgow Commence Favipiravir Clinical Trial Targeting Early Intervention of COVID-19
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in collaboration with University of Glasgow now lead the first clinical trial in Scotland to investigate the efficacy of favipiravir (Avigan), the…
Scotland Trial Sites ‘Plead’ for Locals to Participate in COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
A lack of sufficient volunteers is starting to impact COVID-19 vaccine trials as the Tayside health board and the University of Dundee now plead with…
NHS Grampian via Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Seeks 450 Volunteers for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 3 Trial in NE, Scotland
Back in August, the UK and American vaccine maker Novavax announced an agreement to proceed to a Phase 3 clinical trial testing that company’s COVID-19…
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Center Re-Activates Cancer Trials
Cancer trials in much of the United Kingdom (UK) were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the case as well at…
UK Government Secures 90 Million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine from Janssen & Novavax
The government of the United Kingdom reported in a press release that it has secured early access to 90 million doses of 2 promising vaccine…
Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Unfortunately Faces Severe Reality Due to COVID-19
Cancer Research UK Edinburgh placed all but one of its cancer clinical research studies on hold during the pandemic, reports Professor Charlie Gourley, its clinical director. With…
The Loss of Logan Must Lead to A Greater Commitment to R&D into Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (“DIPG”)
More funding needs to go into pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma or “DIPG,” an untreatable brain cancer. When stories of three-year old children losing their…