The experimental coronavirus drug being given to Donald Trump is to be rolled out to 30 or 40 UK hospitals this week as it is deemed ‘very potent’ by UK scientists. Oxford University professor Peter Horby said UK patients began receiving REGN-COV2, made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, last weekend as part of Oxford University’s national Recovery trial. … Read more
President Donald Trump’s physician confirmed Friday night he is being treated for COVID-19 with experimental Ebola drug remdesivir. For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the FDA has given emergency-use of the intravenous antiviral drug sold by Gilead Sciences Inc, which has been shown to shorten hospital stays. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that patients being given … Read more
President Donald Trump is being treated with an experimental coronavirus antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron, the White House revealed Friday. ‘Following PCR-confirmation of the President’s diagnosis, as a precautionary measure, he received a single 8 gram dose of Regneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail,’ wrote physician to the president, Dr Sean Conley, in a White House memo. … Read more
President Donald Trump is being treated with an experimental coronavirus antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron, the White House revealed Friday. ‘Following PCR-confirmation of the President’s diagnosis, as a precautionary measure, he received a single 8 gram dose of Regneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail,’ wrote physician to the president, Dr Sean Conley, in a White House memo. … Read more
Even though they’re just an experimental, in-house incubator, a lot of good things have come out of Google’s Area 120. The latest one that they’re launching is especially useful for companies or organizations that are deep into the whole Google eco-system and would like an easier and automated way of tracking projects, database, etc. Tables … Read more
There are three major missions bound for Mars in the space of just 10 days this month – the UAE’s Hope orbiter, China’s Tianwen-1 craft and NASA’s Perseverance rover. The countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are favourably aligned for a relatively short journey. July 20: Hope (UAE) The 3,000lb (1,350kg) craft (pictured) … Read more
Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine triggered antibodies in 100% of trial participants, study reveals Novavax published ‘positive data’ from a phase 1 trial of its coronavirus vaccine in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday All 108 volunteers dosed with the vaccine developed a antibodies to coronavirus after their second shot Novavax is launching its … Read more
Big Pharma firm Eli Lilly is testing whether its experimental antibody drug can stop a single infection from turning into a full-blown outbreak in US nursing homes. The company is running trials of its highly-anticipated monoclonal antibody treatment in a highly unusual study population: elderly Americans in long-term care facilities. Monoclonal antibodies are modeled after … Read more
Andrew Lloyd Webber received an experimental coronavirus vaccine as part of an Oxford trial on Thursday. The world-renowned composer, 72, shared a snap from hospital via Twitter, which showed a nurse inject him with the vaccination. Looking relaxed as he got the procedure done, Andrew wore a face mask to protect himself amid the COVID-19 crisis … Read more
New experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented severe disease in mice after two doses of the jab boosted their antibody levels 90-fold Researchers genetically modified vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which causes a mild illness in livestock, to become a vaccine The team took out a gene from VSV and inserted the spike protein from the coronavirus, which … Read more