Iain Buchan

1 month ago | nature.com | William Hope |Michael Ferguson |Sharon J. Peacock |Iain Buchan |Alessandro Gerada |Alex Howard

Combining antibiotics remains a promising approach to treat patients and to prevent the emergence of antimicrobial resistance This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 24,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles 118,99 € per year only 9,92 € per issue Buy this article...

Nov 21, 2024 | nature.com | Alex Howard |Peter Green |Peter Gréen |Alessandro Gerada |Simon Maskell |Iain Buchan

AbstractAntimicrobial susceptibility testing is a key weapon against antimicrobial resistance. Diagnostic microbiology laboratories use one-size-fits-all testing approaches that are often imprecise, inefficient, and inequitable. Here, we report a personalised approach that adapts laboratory testing for urinary tract infection to maximise the number of appropriate treatment options for each patient.

Jun 17, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Matthew Sperrin |Pieta Schofield |Iain Buchan

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: A.G.M. declares i) a UCB Pharma grant paid to University of Liverpool for the National Audit of Seizure Management in Hospitals (NASH) study, which is unrelated to the submitted work ii) an Angelini grant to be paid to University of Liverpool as co-applicant for A multi-method PRoject to maximise efficient and equitable pathways tO suPport from a rEgional epiLepsy centre (PROPEL), which...

May 16, 2023 | thorntons-law.co.uk | Iain Buchan

The most common enquiries we receive from landowners who have a phone mast installed on their land relate to the network operators attempting to impose new lease agreements, which contain terms which are unfavourable. Unfortunately, the revised Communications Code does allow network operators to seek new improved terms to the lease agreements they have with landowners in relation to telecoms masts. Those improved terms generally include a substantial reduction in the rent payable.

Apr 20, 2023 | thorntons-law.co.uk | Iain Buchan

I recently represented a client in a commercial mediation where the parties were able to agree a creative solution that would not have been open to the courts to impose on them. Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that involves a neutral third party, the mediator, who facilitates communication between the disputing parties. The aim is to reach a mutually satisfactory resolution.