Videos in this resource go through the basics of the science behind the antibiotic crisis.
[21 Sep 2018] Sewage treatment plants are pointed out as environmental hotspots for evolution and selection of antibiotic resistant bacteria, but support from field studies is limited.
[21 Aug 2018] Docent Adam Shehata, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMG) at Faculty of Social Sciences, was awarded the prestigious European Research Council starting grant of 1.5 million Euros. The research project "Varieties of Media Effects" will encompass media content analysis, longitudinal opinion surveys and event-driven collection of data compilations and focus groups. Antibiotic resistance is one of the main societal issues/problems which will be studied.
[6 Aug 2018] Links to the latest publications are available here
[21 Jun 2018] 1928 Diagnostics, who develops a platform for automated DNA-analysis of bacterial infections in collaboration with researchers from CARe, was chosen among hundreds of candidates as a Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum.
[21 Jun 2018] This week, 15 students completed the one week lab course, "The Problem of Antibiotic Resistance" led by CARe member Anne Farewell.
[13 Jun 2018] The third annual CARe meeting was held June 11th-12th on the island of Hisingen. Christina Greko from the SVA gave a highly appreciated lecture to the ca 60 participating CARe scientist.
[9 May 2018] The Swedish Government decided today to support installation of advanced sewage treatment in order to more efficiently remove pharmaceutical residues and reduce risks for antibiotic resistance development
"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"
See all talks from the first ever major international conference on this topic.
External links to more information about antibiotic resistance (Photo:NIAID)
