Why antibiotic resistance could be bacteria's Achilles heel
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a well-established threat to human health. Now, US researchers report that while antibiotic resistance provides some advantages for the bacteria to survive, it’s also linked with a physiological limitation that hinders potential dominance. This fact could be exploited to stop the spread of antibiotic resistance without the use of drugs, they claim.
Developing a new way to capture PFAS using electrochemistry
A new way to capture and concentrate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has been developed using electrochemistry for the first time. This traps PFAS – dubbed “forever chemicals” – from water in a single process.
Finding a safer way to produce fluorochemicals
A milder, safer way of obtaining fluorochemicals has been reported by chemists in Oxford, UK. They sought to avoid hydrogen fluoride (HF), a highly dangerous chemical that has been involved in numerous industrial accidents.
AstraZeneca at 25: ‘The opportunity and the potential is enormous’
A quarter of a century ago AstraZeneca was formed by the merger of Astra and Zeneca. SCI’s CEO Sharon Todd talks to the company’s UK Chair Shaun Grady about future plans.