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From left: the firm's four co-founders CTO Professor Damion Corrigan; CSO Professor Paul Hoskisson, CEO Dr Stuart Hannah, and chair Dr Poonam Malik. Picture: contributed.

Microplate Dx nets 'significant' seed funding to scale pioneering test

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem for various reasons, including over-use of antibiotics on humans and farmed animals

A crucial factor in tackling major threats to public health is being undervalued

Scientists have carried out the first ever review of potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Scottish lochs, rivers and watercourses. Picture: John Devlin

Superbugs: What we know and how we should tackle them

Biologists can rapidly construct new biological systems by using computer-aided-design of DNA parts and robotics to manufacture them

Synthetic biology starts to deliver on its promise – Professor Paul A Hoskisson

The process of testing the new Covid vaccines was carried out in less than nine months, when normally it might have taken more than ten years (Picture: Thibault Savary/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccine trials were a triumph. A similar system for antibiotics is vital

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