Enemy at the gates
Decoy antibiotics could get around bacteria’s defences
Imperial medical students have helped to devise a new type of ‘decoy’ drug to tackle infections that are resistant to antibiotics.
Decoy antibiotics could get around bacteria’s defences
Imperial medical students have helped to devise a new type of ‘decoy’ drug to tackle infections that are resistant to antibiotics.
Medical cannabis and antibiotic awareness: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Keynote presentation and grand prize for System Dynamics Model by Nina Zhu
"Antibiotics Prescribing Decision-making Process in Secondary Care: a System Dynamics Approach" keynote presentation success
Symposium sets new direction for infectious diseases research at Imperial
Infectious diseases experts shared their latest work at an annual research symposium hosted at Imperial’s Hammersmith Campus last month.
Stronger collaborations with social sciences essential to tackling AMR
Workshop explores how social sciences methodologies can improve strategies to change antibiotic prescribing behaviours.
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Faecal transplants, ‘robotic guts’ and the fight against deadly gut bugs
A simple compound found in our gut could help to stop dangerous bacteria behind severe, and sometimes fatal, hospital infections.
Bacterial ‘sleeper cells’ evade antibiotics and weaken defence against infection
New research, from scientists at Imperial College London, unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells.
Dr Anna Barnard awarded prestigious Sir Henry Dale fellowship
Congratulations Anna!
Mathematical approach to predicting bacterial growth offers fresh AMR insights
Researchers have developed a mathematical framework to analyse how different cellular processes dictate the growth rate of a bacterial cell.
Sir Alexander Fleming knew in 1936 bacteria would beat antibiotics
Dr Bill Frankland, acclaimed allergy expert and now 106 years old, recalls clearly when Sir Alexander Fleming foretold the demise of antibiotics.
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