Do I need travel vaccinations?

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Apr 26, 2019 | Uncategorised

It’s that time of year again, everyone is getting into the summer vibe and if you haven’t already planned and paid for your holiday abroad, the chances are you are thinking of it! 72.8 million sun-seeking trips from the UK were made last year, with fewer and...

New Superbacteria – MG hits the headlines but what do you need to know?

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorised

Recently we have had a lot of stories of the “new” super bacteria Mycoplasma Genitalium (MG), and although this may be new to you, it been around since 1981. However MG was never classified as a STI. So why the scare? New studies* carried out by London based...

Smoking a bigger risk for HIV patients than virus itself

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Jan 12, 2017 | Uncategorised

Smokers who are also HIV positive have a higher risk of dying from smoking related complications than from HIV itself. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston when they compared the...

Promising new HIV antibody therapy

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Jun 15, 2016 | Uncategorised

In the past 3 decades HIV has been transformed from a killer disease to more or less a chronic illness which can be controlled with current anti-retroviral therapies. Most patients with HIV can now live long and healthy lives as long as they keep taking their...

Antibiotic resistant strain of Gonorrhoea spreads to rest of UK

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Apr 18, 2016 | Uncategorised

Last year there were several reports in the media of a highly resistant strain of gonorrhoea, mostly in the north of England and mostly in heterosexuals. The particular strain is resistant to Azithromycin, which is used as a dual therapy together with ceftriaxone...

HIV too clever for CRISPR gene editing

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorised

There has been a lot of excitement in the press recently about a new gene editing technology , called CRISPR-Cas9. The aim of this technology is to edit the genes made by immune cells to make them resistant to HIV. The technique has been successfully used in other...