Ebola drug trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo

刚果民主共和国的埃博拉药物试验

Health Check

2026-07-02

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Two Ebola drugs are due to be trialled in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as cases of the disease continue to rise in the country. BBC health and science correspondent James Gallagher joins Claudia Hammond to discuss the new clinical trial, and to update on the latest from the outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. Claudia also visits The Royal Society’s annual Summer Science Exhibition in London to explore a range of new health research on display. We hear about how salt water is being used to try to make lateral flow tests more sensitive and targeted, with Guido Bolognesi and Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh from University College London. They also explain the role gold nanoparticles play in current lateral flow tests, which rapidly diagnose pregnancy or Covid-19. Claudia also visits a 'microbe zoo' and speaks with Revathy Krishnamurthy from the Quadram Institute of Bioscience in Norwich, England, who explains what phages are, and how they can be harnessed to improve food safety. Finally, we meet Pat Price, visiting professor at Imperial College London, to learn about the high-energy particles that could kill cancer cells, how they could completely change treatment for patients, and how it’s hoped lasers can help them accomplish it. Image Credit: Credit: Photo by DIEUDONNE DIROLE/EPA/Shutterstock Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Dan Welsh and Georgia Christie
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  • Hello and welcome to Health Check from the BBC.

  • I'm Claudia Hammond and today I'm at the Royal Society in London for their summer science exhibition.

  • Now the idea is for scientists to showcase their findings and its roots date right back to 1778. Now nowadays

  • anyone who's passing can come in, meet scientists, ask them all about their work and play some games.

  • But on Health Check of course we're interested in the implications for medicine as is BBC Health

  • and Science correspondent James Gallagher who's come with me.

  • How are you James?

  • Very well Claudia.

  • Well, James, we'll be diving into the exhibition in a moment.

  • But before we do, I want to ask you about an ongoing situation in the world of global health,

  • the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because the World Health Organization has announced