Daily Telegraph – When will a Covid-19 vaccine be ready in the UK? Latest updates from around the world

ByAnnelies Gartner ; Lizzie Roberts and Christopher Hope,  Volunteers could soon be deliberately infected with coronavirus in trials to speed up a vaccine and discover if people are protected if they have already had the disease. In a groundbreaking trial, scheduled to begin in January at the Royal Free Hospital in London, patients will be inoculated with a vaccine developed by Imperial College, […]

Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) strengthens its board – Daily Telegraph

From Daily Telegraph – StockMarket Wire Advanced Oncotherapy has appointed Dr Nick Plowman as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Plowman is senior clinical oncologist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street in London. Executive chairman Michael Sinclair said: “Dr Plowman has been a welcome source of expert […]

Testing underway for UK proton beam cancer treatment – Daily Telegraph

By Tara Cunningham 28 MARCH 2016 • 7:03PM Aim-listed Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) has begun testing its groundbreaking Light machine for the UK’s first proton beam therapy centre, in what is expected to be a cancer treatment milestone when it opens by the end of next year. Proton beam therapy uses protons to pinpoint tumours more […]