70 results for 'Antimicrobial resistance'
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- 25 March 2020
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- Technology | Health
Experts are investigating a better way of measuring the number of people exposed to the health risks of poorly-managed sanitation systems.
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- 28 November 2019
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- Science | Working with business
Precision nutrition and 24-hour monitoring will enable scientists to provide new insights for the pig industry, as the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ opens the National Pig Centre today.
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- 30 October 2019
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- Science | Health
Hospital screening tests are failing to identify the true extent of microbial resistance, according to new research.
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- 24 October 2019
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- Environment | Science
Introducing fungi to wheat boosted their uptake of key nutrients and could lead to new, ‘climate smart’ varieties of crops, according to a new study.
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- 17 October 2019
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- Global | Health
Scientists have uncovered a novel antibiotic-free approach that could help prevent and treat one of the most widespread bacterial pathogens, using nanocapsules made of natural ingredients.
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- 10 October 2019
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- Science | Health
Scientists have developed a new technique to trick bacteria into revealing hundreds of holes in their cell walls, opening the door for drugs that destroy bacteria’s cells.
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- 13 August 2019
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- Science
The molecular machinery used by ‘superbugs’ to resist chemicals designed to kill them could also help produce precursors for a new generation of nylon and other polymers, according to new research.
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- 13 August 2019
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- Health
Doctors urgently need a fast and accurate test for diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) to reduce overprescribing of antibiotics, according to health researchers.
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- 25 June 2019
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- University
Leading figures from the worlds of science, the arts and industry will be the recipients of honorary degrees from the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ next month.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Global | Health
Scientists are attempting to tackle a virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin cancer that is common amongst those with HIV.
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- 1 May 2019
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- Science | Environment
Analysis of water samples from the UK’s Humber estuary revealed high levels of pharmaceuticals, with ibuprofen found at some of the highest concentrations ever reported across the globe.
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- 30 January 2019
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- Environment | Science
Rain-repelling fluorochemicals used in waterproof clothing can and should be phased out as unnecessary and environmentally harmful, textile researchers argue.
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- 3 December 2018
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- Health | Science
Newly-developed "nano-tweezers" created by university researchers can for the first time extract single molecules from live cells without destroying them – solving a long-standing research problem.
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- 5 February 2018
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- Health | Science
Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ scientists are looking back in time at previously discarded chemical compounds, to see if any could be developed for new antibiotics.
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- 13 December 2017
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- Health | Science
An antibiotic candidate compound shelved in the 1970s in favour of more promising drugs could be worth a second look, new research has found.