A detailed scicomm article about research on historical plant-based remedies, featuring the Ancientbiotics and Klöstermedizin teams (en Français) www.plantes-et-sante.fr/articles/on-...
À l'heure où l'antibiorésistance s'accroît, qui eût cru qu'une partie de la solution pourrait se trouver dans d'antiques manuscrits grecs ou médiévaux ? Entre recettes à base d'ail ou d'ortie, oxymel...
A 2015 experiment recreated a salve used to treat eye infections from the C10th Bald’s Leechbook. Ingredients like those available in C10th England were carefully sourced. When tested it was discovered that the salve was strong enough to kill the modern MRSA superbug.
My medieval medicine display from this weekend @LakesideArts. Having a round table made handling by the attendees so much easier - and the smaller ones LOVED having a go with a mortar and pestle. #HistMed #AncientBiotics t.co/p9npGfb01T
Tosin presenting work from the first year of his #PhD on #ancientbiotics - teasing out the active molecules in an #antimicrobial natural product cocktail from a medieval medical text. t.co/iQceW90V4C
Some of our team were on TV last night, talking about #ancientbiotics - a classic #SciComm pose from @Horabz, inspecting some #biofilm cultures! t.co/OzVvxO52Ub
It's undergraduate project season @WarwickLifeSci - we have three fab third-years testing the antimicrobial activity of plants they chose based on their traditional medicinal use #antibiotics #ancientbiotics t.co/tdkq4eblNK
Another poster from our group today - come and talk to @Horabz about his PhD work on #ancientbiotics #microbio23 t.co/guXX0ufJet
New preprint! It’s abou the historical use of vinegar in potentially antimicrobial remedies, often in combination with honey. We - Erin Connelly, our @WarwickLifeSci student Anisa Blower and @WISB_SynBioCtre’s Chris Wolf: wanted to ask two questions. #Ancientbiotics #HistMed
Delighted to announce that our phase 1 safety trial of a natural product cocktail for topical antimicrobial applications is in print. Fab to work with @jxbruce @BlessOye & Nick Parsons to run this via @warwickmed CTU. t.co/xiQsnBPGjR #ancientbiotics
Find out about @Horabz’s PhD work on #ancientbiotics natural product antimicrobials in the poster session today! He is in the UK but you can watch him present via video here: t.co/MxVUBc0rmD or live chat via Teams by the poster at 14:00-14:30 and 18:00-18:30. #EBF2022 t.co/qXpNYIERI5