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Ebola Vaccines

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 11.4.26 The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended adding two new candidate vaccines—to clinical trials to fight the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. ChAdOx1 BDBV Oxford-developed vaccine recommended to enter pivotal trial against deadly Bundibugyo virus “Every week this outbreak continues, more families and communities in the DRC are devastated, and the need for a vaccine against Bundibugyo virus grows more urgent. Thanks to the commitment of our partners at the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, this promising candidate went from concept to clinical trials in a matter of weeks. Its recommendation for inclusion in the Tumaini study is an important step towards a BDBV-specific vaccine that can protect those most at risk.” CEPI is funding the development of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine candidate and is providing funding, scientific expertise and operational support to the Tumaini trial. Approximately 620,000 doses of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine candidate ...
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St. Judes R&D

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital partners with commercial pharmaceutical companies to mass-produce and market its drugs. While St. Jude discovers and creates novel therapies, it is a research hospital rather than a commercial drug manufacturer.  It handles the early stages of drug development on-site but transitions to the pharmaceutical industry for large-scale production, commercial testing, and global distribution. How St. Jude’s Drug Process Works On-Site Discovery and Small-Scale Manufacturing:  St. Jude features an internal, 64,000-square-foot Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility. This specialized lab manufactures early-stage biological products, experimental vaccines, and gene therapies specifically for its own pediatric patients and clinical trials. Licensing to Pharmaceutical Companies: When a drug discovered at St. Jude proves successful in laboratory settings or early trials, the hospital licenses the patent rights to major pharmaceutical firms. These cor...
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Loss of a sibling

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Isn't that special?!

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Brain Fog: Etiology From Several Sources

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... not just from suffering a loss of a loved one from suicide:
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The Life Cycle of a Midge

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Chris’s Broken Back Midge Flies 👏 Bravo Chris 🎣
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To the snotty self-entitled bike riders 5.25.26.

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From reddit: Why is elitism so prevalent in the cycling community? I have a lot of hobbies, and I must say that the most pretentious group of people I deal with who share my interests are cyclists. (Maybe photographers are a close second) I was 3/4 of the way through a 60 mile ride yesterday and bumped into 2 cyclists. I am on a temporary cheap bike I bought just to use on this trip I am on. Still a very decent bike specialized sirrus elite. I am loving riding it so far. The guys were on nice entry level carbon bikes. Within 30 seconds of chatting with them they took out the time to trash my bike. Saying it was heavy, and didn't know how I could have ridden it so far. I bit my tounge because my real bike is more expensive then theirs, and they were turning around after 5 miles. This has been a consistent thing that has always turned me off from associating with cyclists. My first real road bike purchase years ago was a Specialized Allez, that I saved up for all summer and was my pr...
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