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University of Leeds awarded £3.8m to tackle
antibiotic resistance
The project at the University
of Leeds brings together twelve
researchers from the faculties of
Engineering, Biological Sciences
and Medicine and Health.This
highly interdisciplinary team will
develop a new tool that can be
used by doctors to detect the
presence of a bacterial or viral
infection quickly before antibiot-
ics are prescribed.The test will be able to identify which bacterial strain has caused the
infection, as different strains require different treatments, and whether the particular
type is commonly resistant to antibiotics.
University of Leeds
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering19 May
NIAAA selects winners of itsWearable Alcohol
Biosensor Challenge
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism announced the winners of
itsWearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge,
a competition to design a discreet device
capable of measuring blood alcohol levels
in near real-time.The winning prototype
and recipient of the $200,000 first prize
was submitted by BACtrack, a company
known nationally for designing and sell-
ing portable breath alcohol testers for
consumer use and professional use.Their
entry, the BACtrack Skyn, is worn on the
wrist and offers continuous and non-invasive monitoring of a user’s BAC.Alcohol is
detected using a fuel cell technology similar to that in devices used by law enforcement
for roadside alcohol testing.The device connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone to
store data. NIH
News Release19 May