Antibiotic ‘printing’ could improve drug testing

Posted on 18 Sep 2018 by Maddy White

HP might be best known for their range of printing solutions, but their most recent developments include printing antibiotics to test them quicker and eliminate potential resistant strains of the drug.

The HP D300e Digital Dispenser BioPrinter technology. According to the NHS, hundreds of different types of antibiotics are available and 32.5 million are prescribed by GPs in England every year. However, issues from strains of antibiotic-resistant viruses can be serious, spread quickly and be challenging to treat, and these are becoming…

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