Breaking news
Scientists in the UK have demonstrated a prototype quantum network for secure online communications that can’t be penetrated by cyber attacks. The University of Bristol’s ‘multiplexing’ system splits light particles that carry information to multiple internet users from a single central source. Researchers have demonstrated the technology – which employs the odd effects of quantum entanglement … Read more
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that President Trump will hold a press conference Sunday night to announce a ‘major therapeutic breakthrough’ for coronavirus. McEnany tweeted late Saturday night that US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Food and Drug Administration head Stephen Hahn would be attending the 6pm Sunday press conference … Read more
Malaria breakthrough could help speed up discovery of Covid-19 treatments, scientists claim Drugs primarily target the disease-causing pathogen itself in treatment But researchers found key enzymes in human red blood cells which are involved It is hoped that targeting these proteins could help treat malaria Researchers also believe the same pathway could be used to speed up … Read more
Detectives pin their hopes on DNA breakthrough in bid to find rapist caught on CCTV carrying his helpless victim through city centre Detectives are pinning their hopes on DNA breakthrough in bid to find rapist Chilling CCTV showed the victim being carried through Birmingham by suspect Police were told woman had left bar with a … Read more
Three university professors have become overnight millionaires after a ‘major breakthrough’ in their coronavirus drug. Ratko Djukanovic, Stephen Holgate and Donna Davies created their Southampton-based company Synairgen almost two decades ago. Shares in the company, which was involved in a successful trial of a drug to treat COVID-19 this week, sky-rocketed by 3,000 per cent … Read more
Scientists believe they have found an inhaler (pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs An inhaled drug that clears coronavirus in the lungs can prevent three in four patients from falling seriously ill with the disease, according to scientists trialling the experimental treatment. Initial results from the trial of more than 100 hospitalised Covid-19 … Read more
Matt Hancock today called the dexamethasone breakthrough ‘one of the best pieces of news we’ve had’ during the Covid-19 pandemic, after the £5 steroid was proven to be the first drug to save lives. The Health Secretary described the results of the landmark Oxford University trial as ‘brilliant news for everybody’. The drug is already … Read more
Global Stocks rally as UK scientists hail ‘major breakthrough’ in the battle against Covid-19 By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 23:22 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:22 BST, 16 June 2020 Shares around the world stormed higher as investors cheered signs of life in the US economy and a ‘major breakthrough’ in … Read more
A £5 steroid reduces the risk of dying from coronavirus by a third in patients on ventilators, a major British trial has found. In the biggest coronavirus breakthrough to date, dexamethasone was also shown to save the lives of a fifth of Covid-19 sufferers with moderate illness receiving oxygen. The results from the RECOVERY trial suggest the … Read more
Scientists have made a breakthrough in the fight against superbugs after developing a antibiotic that can kill bacteria before it develops resistance. Researchers at Princeton University in the US tested a compound, called SCH-79797, against 25 of the most dangerous antibiotic resistant bugs. It included a ‘super strain’ of gonorrhoea that is considered one of … Read more