Wellcome Trust [to 16 January 2016]
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Tribute to award-winning scientist Professor Glyn Humphreys
The news of the sudden death yesterday of Professor Glyn Humphreys, Watts Chair of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, has saddened many friends and colleagues at the Wellcome Trust.
15 January 2016.
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Alternatives to antibiotics not a short-term solution to drug-resistant infections
A handful of alternatives to antibiotics – such as treatments and preventative measures based on live microorganisms or ‘probiotics’ – have the potential to combat bacterial infections in the next decade, but they are unlikely to replace traditional antibiotics.
13 January 2016
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£3bn a year needed to prepare the world for future pandemics
An investment of less than 50p per year for every person on the planet (£3bn/$4.5bn total) would make the world significantly more resilient to the threat of infectious disease, according to a group of international experts convened in the wake of the Ebola crisis.
13 January 2016