New leukaemia drug produces ‘very positive results’ in a trial of ‘incurable’ patients

A new leukaemia drug produced ‘very promising results’ in a trial, scientists have said. A team from Great Ormond Street Hospital tested the CAR-T cell therapy ‘CAT-19 CAR’ in 14 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) sufferers.  CAR-T cell therapies involve taking white blood cells from a patient’s body and engineering them to destroy specific tumours. The patients … Read more

Filta shares up 80% as it produces coronavirus sanitisers

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Filta rockets as it turns from fryers to coronavirus sanitisers designed to protect surfaces for a month By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:09 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 16:19 BST, 7 May 2020 Filta rocketed 80 per cent to 111.6p after swapping de-greasing kitchen equipment to launch … Read more

Rapid coronavirus mouth swab test produces results in MINUTES and analyzes up to 22 samples at once

Rapid coronavirus mouth swab test produces results in MINUTES and analyzes up to 22 samples at once Michigan State University has developed a rapid coronavirus test It produces results in just five to seven minutes and analyzes 22 samples at once The new test uses a mouth swab instead of the invasive nose swab The … Read more