Pages tagged with: antibiotics
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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.
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The Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network (ABX) summer 2019 meeting
The Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network (ABX) summer 2019 meeting. The first ABX meeting at The Eden Project in Cornwall took place July 11–12 2019
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ABX member registry
ABX: Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network member registry at the University of Plymouth.
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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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Deep-sea sponges – home to the next generation of antimicrobials?
Plymouth University news: New antibiotics, and therapies for cancer, immune deficiency and wound healing, could be waiting to be found in sponges found in the deep sea environment
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Consortium receives funding to discover, develop and manufacture new antibiotics
Plymouth University news: A consortium including the University of Plymouth will use Innovate UK funding to develop a new family of antibiotics
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World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW)
What's on at the University of Plymouth: World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW). Highlighting the issue of antibiotic resistance.
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Antimicrobial Resistance: Rising to the challenge of a global health time bomb
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Antimicrobial Resistance: Rising to the challenge of a global health time bomb. Talks and interactive workshop. University of Plymouth, 22 January 2018.
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Health Showcase: public session
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Health Showcase: Public Session. Join us to explore research and healthcare subjects at the University of Plymouth. 15 October 2019.
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Beating antibiotic resistance
Beating antibiotic resistance: A conversation with University of Plymouth's Professor Mat Upton, microbiologist and Denis Wilkins, Chair of the Peninsula Medical Foundation
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Grant success for student investigating antibiotic resistance
Plymouth University news: The Microbiology Society has awarded a grant of £2,000 to a University of Plymouth biomedical sciences student
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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