Impact of AMR on cancer therapy
Dear All (unapologetically wonkish … very important material!), Let’s set the scene today by considering two quotes: Prosaic: “The successful treatment of patients with cancer
7 May 2025 No Comments
Something Different
Global livestock resistome: Antibiotic resistance is widespread!
Dear All (and with thanks to Lance Price for co-authoring this deeply wonkish newsletter), Today we turn to the idea of examining livestock manure for the
15 August 2025 No Comments
Lifeline, the Musical Story of Penicillin: A Review
Dear All, Last week I went to New York City to see one of the opening performances of Lifeline, The Musical, the world’s first musical telling the
4 September 2024 No Comments
Vaccination to prevent AMR: Insights from Wellcome
Dear All (and with thanks to Vega Masignani for co-authoring this newsletter), Waaaay back in 2019 (pre-COVID … remember that?), Wellcome put out a call
21 July 2025 No Comments
D-Day: Churchill (1944) → WHO Pandemic Agreement and the Hamburg Statement (2025)
Dear All, D-Day and the momentous Normandy landings were 81 years ago today. In a marvelous new article on bbc.com (and with thanks to Mike Hodges
6 June 2025 No Comments
Vaccine development: Polytheism vs. Monotheism
Dear All (and with a wonkish alert!), The idea of more (and better) vaccines to prevent (or even be part of treating) bacterial infections has
13 May 2025 No Comments
UNSLAP: You reach for the antibiotic … and it’s not there!
Dear All (with thanks to Louise for co-authoring and with a wonkish alert … settle in for the ride!), Today’s newsletter discusses the intersection of
7 April 2025 No Comments
The 6 meanings of “Lack of Access” (UNSLAP)
Dear All, We often talk about the problem of lack of access to new antibiotics. In late 2021, for example, we explored data showing that multi-year
1 December 2024 No Comments
WHO AMR Survivor Task Force: Fireside Chat
Dear All, Back in 2022, I wrote a newsletter about the World Health Organization putting out a call to form a Task Force of AMR
20 November 2024 No Comments
The (confusing!) language of AMR: ChatGPT tries to help!
Dear All (Wonkish alert! Not technical but lengthy … so settle in and enjoy the ride!): Regular readers will know of my fascination with language:
13 June 2024 No Comments