The British Pharmaceutical Conference 2009. 6-9 September 2009, Manchester, UK.
The British Pharmaceutical Conference 2009, held in Manchester, included topics covering new therapeutic and technological developments in the field of anti-infectives. This conference report highlights selected presentations on anti-infective drug discovery, treatment paradigms for bacterial infections, adaptive immunotherapy, point-of-care diagnostics, and the use of nanosensors for detecting drug-resistant bacteria.
Uchegbu
Ijeoma
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University of London, School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, UK. ijeoma.f.uchegbu@pharmacy.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D015195:Drug Design; D055808:Drug Discovery; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents