The Skin Research Centre (SRC) at the University of Leeds, one of Europe’s leading dermatology centres, is making good use of two pieces of equipment available from Don Whitley Scientific (DWS) to rapidly test the effectiveness of new antimicrobial therapies to treat acne, dermatitis and other skin diseases.
Microbiologists at the SRC are using the Whitley automated spiral plater (WASP) and the ProtoCOL colony counter to rapidly process samples containing micro-organisms taken from patients being treated with antimicrobial drugs and topical therapies. The plate counts generated are then used to determine which treatments are the most effective at reducing the number of micro-organisms associated with diseases on the skin of clinical trial subjects.