January 15, 2020 Research into leading cause of stillbirth awarded £2.4 million funding Researchers have been awarded over £2.4 million to investigate the best technique to manage poor growth in babies during the later stages of pregnancy Fetal growth restriction (FGR) can lead to stillbirth, accounting for half of the cases of stillbirth in the UK. The new international study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research […]
Drug resistance is “up there with climate change” as a global threat The threat posed by drug resistant infections should be taken as seriously as climate change, says an Imperial expert. Ramesh Wigneshweraraj, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Head of Section of Molecular Microbiology in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, argues that the global rise of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics presents […]
We must be smarter about how we use antibiotics, says Imperial researcher Not enough focus is being paid to using antibiotics more appropriately to minimise the threat of drug-resistant bugs, said an expert in a recent talk. Alison Holmes, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is leading a newly created centre to […]