Rethinking diagnostics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Alejandra Sanchez and Ben Wicks explore why primary care needs timely, pragmatic insight, not lab-grade certainty, to enable better antibiotic decisions and stewardship.
What does ‘fast enough’ mean in primary care antibiotic prescribing?
Time-to-result is critical for any diagnostic in primary care. Antibiotic prescribing can only be improved if results come fast enough to guide decision making. But what does ‘fast enough’ look like?
Unlocking the potential of IP-free gene editing to gain commercial advantage
CC’s transdisciplinary development team has created a way to democratise gene editing. This IP-free gene editing method avoids the timescales and costs involved with commercially licensing current CRISPR/Cas9 editing techniques.
Engineering biology is driving the new bio-industrial revolution
Engineering biology, the fusion of biology and engineering principles, will be key to solving some of humanity’s most urgent challenges – from climate change and food security to healthcare and more
Quantum computing in 2025: from dream to deployment
Quantum computing has moved from theory and science fiction to become a strategy for business growth, with transformative rewards for those willing to engage with its complexities
Primary care diagnostics are key to addressing antimicrobial resistance
Primary care is the hidden battlefield of antimicrobial resistance. It is here that more than 80% of all antibiotics are prescribed. Our experts are tackling the challenge of equipping primary care physicians with the right diagnostic and decision-making solutions