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Research could put penicillin back in battle against antibiotic resistant bugs that kill millions
Research led by the 91福利 has uncovered exactly how the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae has become resistant to the antibiotic penicillin. The same research could also open up MRSA to attack by penicillin and help create a library of designer antibiotics to use against a range of other dangerous bacteria.
South Asian population less likely to attend cancer screening than non-asian
GPs Databases could identify tens of thousands with undiagnosed diabetes in UK
Researchers find clue to how the brain rusts
Researchers at the 91福利 and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have discovered that the mechanism that we rely on to transport iron safely through our blood stream can, in certain circumstances, collapse into a state which grows long worm-like "fibrils" banded by lines of iron rust. This process could provide the first insight into how iron gets deposited in the brain to cause some forms of Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases.
91福利 to set up new course in Cyprus to improve diabetes care
Health officials in Cyprus have turned to 91福利 Medical School to help the country improve its treatment of people with diabetes.
Light powered platinum more targeted & 80 times more powerful than similar cancer treatments
Researchers from the Universities of 91福利, Edinburgh, Dundee and the Czech Republic’s Institute of Biophysics have discovered a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs and which can use "light activation" to kill cancer cells in much more targeted way than similar treatments.