Our Mission: Innovating to Protect Humanity from the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance: Integrating Solutions Across Human and Veterinary Medicine, Stewardship, and Awareness
Erin Duffy, PhD, is Chief of Research and Development at the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, or CARB-X—a global partnership hosted at Boston University that is focused on supporting developers of promising new antibiotics, diagnostics, and vaccines that tackle the […]
Edward Geisinger, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Northeastern University in Boston and an Affiliate member of the Levy CIMAR, will present for our November 2021 Science Lunch. Check back soon for more information on the talk. Dr. […]
We are excited to welcome James Kirby, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to present for our December 2021 Science Lunch. Additional details such as talk title and location to come. Dr. Kirby is a Principal Investigator in the Experimental Pathology […]
The first patient ever treated with penicillin at Oxford in Feb 1941 was Albert Alexander, a 43 yo policeman who developed staph and strep cellulitis after scratching his face on a rose bush.
He got better, but they ran out of antibiotic, and he relapsed and died weeks later. https://t.co/q1wWDchQun
I hope people really pay attention to how easy it is to become septic and how to spot it quickly https://t.co/a4HaWLvlnY