Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine Institute: against COVID-19

Institute directed by Professor Jose Bengoechea, Queen's University Belfast. His research focuses on boosting host defences to fight against infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria. He is a world leader in the fight against Klebsiella pneumoniae, one of the deadliest hospital superbugs, with mortality rates of 25-60 per cent. Klebsiella infections are typical secondary infections that o...