Using Open Innovation and Big Data to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
The Gov UK website reported that Public Health England has been awarded £5.1 million by the Department of Health and Social Care to create the most advanced dataset globally on antimicrobial resistance. These funds will enable the creation of an virtual ‘open access’ center, which will gather real-time patient data on resistant infections, helping clinicians understand when to use and preserve antibiotics in their treatment. Accessing strains and models can be difficult for researchers, especially those who are new to the field and this will allow a range of novel approaches to be explored. This open-innovation approach will stimulate research in this area and provide high quality data to support future development of successful strategies.
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