[14 Nov 2019] CARe scientists have identified the chromosomal origin of a group of genes providing resistance to several important antibiotics. The bacterium in which these genes originated is an aquatic bacterium known to cause infections in fish.
[4 Nov 2019]
[28 Oct 2019] JPI-AMR has granted 1.4 million euros in funding to EMBARK - a CARe-led consortium aiming to improve and simplify monitoring of antibiotic resistance in the environment. "Essentially we will generate data on the natural background resistance in different environments and provide a framework for more efficient and less costly monitoring" says Johan Bengtsson-Palme, coordinator of the EMBARK program.
[7 Oct 2019] where he talks about the role of ethics and value issues in antibiotic resistance research and management, exemplifying with the interdisciplinary work from CARe in this area.
[11 Sep 2019] Chemical changes in mutant E. coli exhibiting impaired plasmid transfer have been identified both on, and within the bacterial envelope using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS).
[21 Aug 2019] CARe fellows Christian Munthe, Nils Nijsingh, Karl de Fine Licht and Joakim Larsson are the joint editors of a new special issue of the research journal Bioethics on the theme of the ethics of antibiotic resistance. The issue features 8 original contributions by leading scholars from philosophy, politics, law, medicine and social science.
[19 Aug 2019] Professor Joakim Larsson and his co-workers at CARe have repeatedly pointed out a problem in the current substitution system for drugs in Sweden and many other countries; currently, only the cheapest copy of a given medicine is subsided by tax money. This provides counterincentives for manufacturers to invest in pollution control. Here TV4 interviews Professor Larsson and others about the need for change.
