Ep 10. Fredrik Almqvist, chemistry on AMR; treating heteroresistance; policy interventions reviewed.
Happy August! Join us this month to learn about the career of Fredrik Almqvist, a chemist in AMR with a big passion for education and multidisciplinary research environments. In the news section we bring you a recent article looking into how antibiotic combinations can help treatment of infections presenting heteroresistance; and a thorough review article mapping the current evaluated AMR policy interventions around the world.
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Further Reading:
- Antibiotic combinations that exploit heteroresistance to multiple drugs effectively control infection. Original article published on Nature Microbiology.
- Antibiotic combos could defeat superbugs. Popular article about the heteroresistance treatment findings.
- Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map. PLoS original review article.
- How can governments fight antimicrobial resistance with policy? News release of the review article.
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