Researcher awarded €1.5 million to create new antibiotics that can kill drug resistant superbugs. A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has been awarded €1.5 million for a mission to help develop new types of antibiotics that can target and kill bacteria that are resistant to current antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat, accounting for more than five million deaths a year. Deadly infections like pneumonia, wound or bloodstream infections are becoming untreatable as they are resistant to antibiotics. The Queen’s project, led by Dr Stephen Cochrane from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, will run for five
Grant to create new antibiotics for superbugs as seen on The Hippocratic Post.