Predicting Antibiotic Resistance

Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin and ETH Zurich are developing mathematical methods for planning antibiotic therapies. No 051/2018 from Mar 16, 2018 Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich have developed a mathematical method for predicting resistance to antibiotics and pharmaceuticals. The procedure was developed by the German-Swiss group led Jens Rolff, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at Freie Universität, and Roland Regoes, ETH Zurich. It can be applied to a variety of antibiotics. The required data can easily be collected for each antibiotic. The researchers hope that the procedure will provide a further opportunity for the sustainable planning of antibiotic therapies and the development of new antibiotics. The findings appeared in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society .