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24/09/14

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Originally posted by J8 ↑

For anyone interested in how Ebola gene silencing,Tekmira style, is going:

Consortium Receives £3.2 Million Funding From Wellcome Trust VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq:TKMR) (TSX:TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported that it is collaborating with an international consortium to provide an RNAi based investigational therapeutic for expedited clinical studies in West Africa. Led by Dr. Peter Horby of the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford and the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC), the consortium includes representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO), US Centers for Disease Control, Médecins Sans Frontières – Doctors without Borders (MSF), ISARIC, and Fondation Mérieux, among others. The Wellcome Trust has announced it has awarded £3.2 million to the consortium to fund this initiative. The award will include funds for the manufacture of investigational therapeutics as well as the establishment of an operational clinical trials platform in two or more Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) treatment centers in West Africa. RNAi has been prioritized as an investigational therapeutic and may be selected for clinical trials at these centers. - See more at: http://globenewswire.com/news-relea...tics-in-West-Africa.html#sthash.zFgMtPrp.dpuf

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J8,

Hope you are as excited about your Tekimra holdings as I am about mine. Can't wait for hep B data from TKMR in October. Just wish Benitec was half the company Tekmira is going to be soon.

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