For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Jessica Hayward, a Research Associate in Pharmaceutics at the University of Reading, explains about her work on a project developing miniaturised rapid antimicrobial testing. Having…Read More >
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Pharmacists handing out antibiotics will not solve the GP crisis or antimicrobial resistance
Thérèse Coffey, the UK’s Health Secretary, has proposed that pharmacists should be able to hand out antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription. This has provoked alarm among medics and scientists, and…Read More >
New, low-cost technologies to tackle global challenges – Early Career Researchers at Reading are helping to #shapetheworld
Dr Sarah Needs and Dr Sophie Jegouic, biomedical engineers at Reading, have designed and built a low-cost robot that takes high resolution images of experiments to speed up tests for…Read More >
Using design to beat bad bugs in Rwanda
As the government unveils its 5-year national action plan for tackling antimicrobial resistance , a University of Reading team has been in Rwanda, using design thinking to explore ways of…Read More >
Design competition helps local pharmacy spread the word about superbugs
A pharmacy in the Reading suburb of Woodley is hoping to tackle antibiotic-resistant bugs through prize-winning design – it’s hosting two separate installations masterminded by University of Reading typography and…Read More >