University of Queensland partners with Moderna
University of Queensland partners with Moderna: The University of Queensland has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with...
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What is cystitis?
What is cystitis? Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder, usually caused by a bacterial bladder infection. Almost all women will have cystitis at least once...
Scientists find link between antibiotics and colon cancer
Scientists find link between antibiotics and colon cancer: Scientists from the University of Aberdeen, NHS Grampian and Queen's University Belfast have found that antibiotic use...
Scientists have pin-pointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics
Scientists at the University of Queensland have pinpointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics, potentially leading to better treatments for millions...
Green Tea Could Hold the Key to Reducing Antibiotic Resistance
Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria. The study,...
Financial incentives to reduce antibiotic use
Financial incentives help to drive down unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions from GPs and could reduce the amount of antibiotics in the community, according to a paper published...
Defending ourselves from antibiotic resistance
The antibiotic group of medication has undoubtedly been responsible for relieving suffering and saving more lives than any other collective of drugs. How ironic, then,...
Superbugs: The fight for our lives
The relentless ongoing battle to fight the spread of deadly superbugs is explored in Superbugs: The Fight for Our Lives, a new exhibition at London’s...
Making antibiotics work better
Antibiotics are increasingly ineffective due to the increase of multidrug-resistant bacteria and scientists are struggling to find alternative ways to fight deadly infections. But what...
Baker’s yeast makes penicillin
Why is it important that, for the very first time, we have reengineered Baker's yeast to manufacture penicillin? Our team at Imperial College, London, inserted...
