Pages tagged with: antibiotics
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Health Showcase: public session
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Health Showcase: Public Session. Exploring research and healthcare subjects at the University of Plymouth. 15 October 2019.
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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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Bacteria don’t respect borders – why we all need to fight the global problem of antibiotic resistance
This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week - and Dr Mat Upton explains how the problem of antibiotic resistance is closer to home than you think
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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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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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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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Antibiotic resistant infections are a major threat to human health
University of Plymouth researchers share their thoughts about antibiotic resistant infections.
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PLymouth ANtimicrobial EngagemenT (PLANET) Initiative
University of Plymouth research: PLymouth ANtimicrobial EngagemenT (PLANET) Initiative. Highlighting the issue of antimicrobial resistance.
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Encouraging signs for potential new antibiotic
Plymouth University news: A study led by the University of Plymouth demonstrates for the first time that epidermicin could be a viable alternative to existing antimicrobial agents
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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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The next pandemic is already here – why our world leaders should take notice of AMR
Plymouth Perspectives: The next pandemic is already here – why our world leaders should take notice of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Dr Tina Joshi
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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