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The Antimicrobial Crisis in Latin America
Cesar A. Arias, MD PhD and Jose M. Munita, MD recently authored a perspective on antimicrobial resistance in Latin America that was featured as a blog entry on the Longitude Prize website. Read the entry here: https://longitudeprize.org/blog-post/antimicrobial-crisis-latin-america
UT Opens Center to Combat Superbug Crisis
From TMC News, By Britney Riley | December 1, 2016 In 1928, the world’s first true antibiotic was created when Alexander Fleming left a petri dish by an open window overnight. The mold that formed in the dish led to the creation of penicillin, a drug that revolutionized modern medicine and saved countless lives. Nearly ...
Read MoreCARMiG Logo Competition
The UT Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genomics (CARMiG) announces an art competition to design the logo for CARMiG. The winner of the competition will be awarded $500 prize. UTHealth CARMiG is seeking for a logo that identifies: The focus of its research on “superbugs” and antimicrobials The multidisciplinary nature of the center faculty ...
Read MoreAt UN, Global Leaders Commit to Act on Antimicrobial Resistance
From UN PRESS RELEASE: High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance At UN, global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance Collective effort to address a challenge to health, food security, and development 21 September 2016, New York – World leaders today signaled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to ...
Read MoreASM Attends UN General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance
From ASM Newsroom Press Release Washington, DC – September 21, 2016 – ASM President, Susan Sharp, Ph.D., joined global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York today in a historical meeting that will focus on the commitment to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This is the fourth time in the history of the UN ...
Read MoreDr. Robert Britton Interviewed on Houston Matters Radio
Dr. Robert Britton was recently interviewed on the Houston Matters Radio Show on September 20, 2016. Visit Houston Matters for the audio: How Over-Prescribed Antibiotics Impact Your Life “Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital are using a five-year, $7.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to try to develop ways to combat Clostridium ...
Read MoreUTHealth launches new superbug research center
HOUSTON – (June 23, 2016) – The John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth has opened a new research center to address the global health threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs. An introductory ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 29. Antibiotic-resistant infections are responsible for approximately 50,000 deaths in the United ...
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