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New antibiotics are crucial in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Assessing the effectiveness of new antibiotics requires standardised high-quality infection models, readily available to ...

The Pharmacology courses are designed to give students a rigorous understanding of the principles of pharmacology in several contexts, ranging from the fundamentals of chemistry and biochemistry to ...

Antibiotics may not only harm healthy gut bacteria but also have short- and long-term effects on a person’s health. For example, they can reduce gut flora diversity and affect digestion. Sometimes, ...

Graham Cookson currently receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust, The National Institute for Health Research, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, The Department for Health, The ...

Using antibiotics unnecessarily or excessively is known as antibiotic overuse. Some effects of overuse can include an increased risk of antibiotic-resistant infections and other antibiotic-related ...

You may have heard that some foods and drinks, such as grapefruit and alcohol, shouldn't be consumed with certain medications. But did you know that dairy products can make some drugs less effective?