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DNA Diagnostics

Molecular diagnostics, used in rapid diagnosis and management of infectious and genetic diseases, have seen great advances over the past decades. These advances have been made possible by development of techniques for in vitro amplification of DNA such as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Fundamental understanding of the processes involved is crucial to further improve reliability, specificity and efficiency.

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Resurrecting the value of penicillin to treat superbug infections

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Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered and has played an enormously important role in treating infections and saving lives over the past 60 years. This is all well and good, but there is a problem: antibiotic resistance, where bacteria acquire the ability to survive therapeutic administration of these chemical ‘magic bullets’. Bacteria effectively acquire their own bullet proof vests, or borrow them from other bacteria!

 

The Medical Research Fund has recently contributed to some new ground breaking developments in this area  [more]

 

Arden Fellowship announcements

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters since our launch in 2004, the Medical Research Fund has been able to award:

5 Research Training Arden Fellowships

3 Research Arden Fellowships 

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Your support will help us to extend our range of funding for medical research.

Remember, gift aid donations increase the value of your gift  by allowing us to reclaim the tax on your gift. 

Contact Fund Officer Elizabeth Robinson on telephone: 024 765 72526 or e-mail: mrf@warwick.ac.uk to donate today!  Thank you.

 
Page contact: Elizabeth Robinson Last revised: Wed 2 Sep 2009
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