News tagged with: antibiotics
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Academic plays key role in development of international antimicrobial resistance campaign
University of Plymouth news: Dr Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology, is one of the key drivers of the Knocking Out AMR project launched recently by the Microbiology Society
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University integral to £15.6m investment in maritime innovation at Appledore
University of Plymouth news: The University has played a critical role in enabling the Appledore Clean Maritime Innovation Centre to receive £15.6m of funding from the Levelling Up Fund issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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University hosts activities for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Researchers at the University of Plymouth have planned a week of events that are designed to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the challenges it poses and the work taking place to address it.
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Drugs used to treat HIV and flu can have detrimental impact on crops
Scientists led by the University of Plymouth found that lettuce plants exposed to a higher concentration of four commonly-used drugs could be more than a third smaller in biomass than those grown in a drug-free environment.
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‘A threat greater than Covid’ – why we should be paying more attention to antimicrobial resistance
To coincide with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November 2020), Dr Tina Joshi and Matthew McKracken explain why antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and global threat to human health
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Plymouth-led antibiotic discovery network goes global
The Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network (ABX) has launched antibioticdiscovery.com to share expertise and develop new collaborations around the world.
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Treating Covid-19 could lead to increased antimicrobial resistance
Research by the University of Plymouth and Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust suggests the use of antibiotics in the treatment of COVID-19 patients could be placing an additional burden on waste water treatment works.
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UK – South Africa research team to establish ‘hub’ for discovery of new antibiotics
An international research collaboration has received funding to discover and accelerate the development of new antibiotics.
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Global challenges intertwined: how climate change is linked to antimicrobial resistance
For World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2019, Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology Dr Tina Joshi examines the interaction between arguably the two greatest current threats to humankind: climate change and the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Hospital gowns retain superbugs even after disinfectant use, research shows
The study showed that C difficile - a bacteria that can cause severe diarrhoea, bowel complications and even death - is surviving on surgical gowns despite disinfectant use
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University spinout receives £1.2million government funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Amprologix Limited, a University of Plymouth spinout company, has won a £1.2 million government contract to accelerate development and scale up its lead antibiotic candidate to tackle antimicrobial resistant MRSA and related superbugs
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‘Your infection can’t be treated’… a phrase too close to reality
In the lead up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (12-18 November), Dr Tina Joshi from the University of Plymouth explains why we all need to take the threat of antibiotic resistance more seriously.
