Professor, University of Exeter
A mathematician by training, I now co-run a wet biology lab at the University of Exeter that uses principles of experimental evolution to probe theoretical answers to evolutionary questions. Our lab is particularly interested in what can be done about antibiotic resistance.
Why hospitals have got it wrong when it comes to antibiotic resistance
Jan 18, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Health
As mathematicians, it came as a big surprise when we learned that mathematical models had predicted the way to stop antibiotic resistance was to give pills to patients almost at random. Doctors call this antibiotic mixing....
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