New effort to battle antibiotic resistance rallies researchers throughout Harvard University

(Schepens Eye Research Institute) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded $5 million to an interdisciplinary group of Harvard researchers to launch the “Harvard-wide Program on Antibiotic Resistance.” Headed by Michael S. Gilmore, Ph.D., (Senior Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology [Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics], HMS), the group is uniting Harvard institutions in the fight against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other antibiotic resistant infection

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