News tagged with: antibiotics
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University spinout receives £1.2million government funding to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Amprologix Limited, a ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ explains why we all need to take the threat of antibiotic resistance more seriously.
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University spin-out company to develop new antibiotics
New ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ spinout company Amprologix has been established to help tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance – by developing new antibiotics and bringing them to market. It is led by Professor Mat Upton in collaboration with Frontier IP
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University shortlisted for national antimicrobial resistance award
Work undertaken by the University to raise the awareness of antimicrobial resistance has been recognised with a shortlisting in the 2018 Antibiotic Guardian Awards on behalf of Public Health England
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Musical molecules and the battle for biological supremacy laid bare in new performance
The unseen battle between bacteria and antibiotics will be played out through a new composition during the 2018 Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, being held at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ
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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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Funding for first system to monitor the hidden dangers of ships’ ballast
Plymouth University news: Innovate UK has provided funding for the development of the first system to monitor ships' ballast water for dangers including antibiotic resistance
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Consortium receives funding to discover, develop and manufacture new antibiotics
Plymouth University news: A consortium including the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ will use Innovate UK funding to develop a new family of antibiotics
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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 ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ biomedical sciences student
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Encouraging signs for potential new antibiotic
Plymouth University news: A study led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ demonstrates for the first time that epidermicin could be a viable alternative to existing antimicrobial agents
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What needs to be done to tackle the global crisis in antibiotics?
Plymouth University news: In World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Dr Mathew Upton describes how he is developing a new antibiotic, and how we need to be more careful when using existing antibiotics
