Videos in this resource go through the basics of the science behind the antibiotic crisis.
[7 Feb 2019] A new, multidisciplinary paper by CARe-researchers Christian Munthe, Niels Nijsingh, Karl de Fine Licht and Joakim Larsson addresses the impact of new, more widely applicable and more demanding research ethical guidelines for research to evaluate interventions to manage antibiotic resistance.
[17 Jan 2019] Poor drinking water quality is a major cause of diarrhea, especially in the absence of well-working sewage treatment systems. In this study, the numbers of bacteria causing diarrhea were investigated in water, soil and vegetable samples from the Choqueyapu River area in La Paz
[8 Jan 2019] Karkman et al show that "crAssphage", a virus specific to bacteria in human feces, is highly correlated to the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental samples.
[12 Dec 2018] Having CARe as a base has been very valuable in laying the foundation for the research environment that is now receiving long-term, strategic support, says Joakim Larsson, principal investigator.
[11 Dec 2018] A new article published in PLOS ONE concerning our ongoing efforts in the field of 'proteotyping'
[4 Dec 2018] In this study a new statistical model is presented which has, compared to other methods, a higher performance to identify genes that changes in abundance.
[30 Nov 2018] This study of the genomes of six carbapenem-resistant pathogens highlights many of the difficulties in introducing whole-genome sequencing-based methods for antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacteria.
"This serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country"
"Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill"
(World Health Organization 2014 regarding the global challenges with antibiotic resistance)
“It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them… There is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.”
(Alexander Flemming, Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1945)
"Ethics and Value Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy and Research Symposium"
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