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Professor Helen McShane leads the TB vaccine programme at Oxford University and is working on a BCG challenge model. MVA85A, the original new TB vaccine developed at Oxford and made by Helen during her PhD, was the first new TB vaccine to enter into clinical trials in 2002.
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| 9 | Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience | Kafka died in 1924 of tuberculosis, which remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. This talk looks at the various aspects of tuberculosis from candidate vaccines, the role of genetics in TB treatments and the perspective of a patient. | Helen McShane, Philip Fowler | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 8 | Oxford Reads Kafka | A collective public reading of 'Metamorphosis' to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death. Bringing together literary figures, civic leaders and University academics and students, this event celebrates the power of Kafka’s voice today. | Lemn Sissay, Ben Okri, Lisa Appignanesi, Helen McShane | 12 Jun 2024 | |
| 7 | Creative Commons | Helen McShane: Women in science | A career in juggling, organisation and guilt management | Helen McShane | 10 Dec 2014 |
| 6 | Helen McShane: Women in science | A career in juggling, organisation and guilt management | Helen McShane | 07 Oct 2014 | |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis | Professor Helen McShane talks about her work on a new vaccine against tuberculosis. | Helen McShane | 01 Mar 2011 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Tuberculosis | Dr Helen McShane has been working on a new TB vaccine for 10 years. She explains why developing countries are especially in need of a new vaccine since HIV and TB epidemics overlap and show a devastating synergy. | Helen McShane | 01 Mar 2011 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Developing an improved TB vaccine | Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research. | Helen McShane | 10 Nov 2009 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Fighting to end Tuberculosis | Helen McShane and Dr Helen Fletcher talk about a new TB vaccine currently being developed at Oxford's Wellcome Trust Centre that could become a more effective vaccine against Tuberculosis. | Helen McShane, Helen Fletcher | 10 Nov 2009 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Developing an improved TB vaccine | Dr McShane talks about the University's work in creating an improved vaccine against tuberculosis and she also talks about the urgency of this research. | Helen McShane | 28 Oct 2009 |