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Researchers from St George's institute of Infection and Immunity tells us about their research into infectious diseases, a quiet research field that hasn't had much news recently...
Viral RNA and Me
Dr Elisabetta Groppelli
(Lecturer in Global Health)
Elisabetta Groppelli tells us about her research into viral RNA, which has been a quiet field of late and has not been particularly relevant to any major global events at all
Antibiotic resistance!
Jake Wildfire
(PhD Student, Institute for Infection and Immunity)
“Finish the full course of antibiotics” – advice repeated by doctors across the globe. We’ve all heard the term superbugs and wondered whether they might be the next instalment in the MCU. Or maybe they’re the “silent pandemic” that we should be making noise about. As David Bowie once might have said, “having a child with an ear infection makes one hugely grateful for antibiotics.”
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