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Plea for £6m to continue developing a pioneering drug, axed despite successful tests.
A pioneering British project that is on the threshold of developing a revolutionary treatment for cystic fibrosis is facing the axe. The setback is a desperate blow for thousands of young people who suffer from the incurable wasting illness.
The £30m programme, involving a consortium of scientists from London, Oxford and Edinburgh, had reached the final stages of drug development but earlier this year ran out of cash. More than 80 scientists had been working for a decade on the treatment, funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
However, the trust has suffered a recent slump in raising funds because of the recession. As a result, the consortium's work has been suspended and unless a further £6m is raised by autumn, it will be abandoned.
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Sucks that something like this would be abandoned because they ran out of cash. Hopefully they will just try and do it cheaper and not give up!
A pioneering British project that is on the threshold of developing a revolutionary treatment for cystic fibrosis is facing the axe. The setback is a desperate blow for thousands of young people who suffer from the incurable wasting illness.
The £30m programme, involving a consortium of scientists from London, Oxford and Edinburgh, had reached the final stages of drug development but earlier this year ran out of cash. More than 80 scientists had been working for a decade on the treatment, funded by the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
However, the trust has suffered a recent slump in raising funds because of the recession. As a result, the consortium's work has been suspended and unless a further £6m is raised by autumn, it will be abandoned.
More about it here.
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Sucks that something like this would be abandoned because they ran out of cash. Hopefully they will just try and do it cheaper and not give up!
