Rediscovering phages: ‘We finally have the tools to harness them'
Antibiotic-resistant infections, which have been on the rise for years, were the cause of more than 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2019, according to estimates published this...
View ArticleWhat bacterium is at the top of your list of targets for phages?
Bacteriophages have shown promise as a treatment option for extremely antimicrobial-resistant infections. We asked Pranita D. Tamma, MD, MHS, director of the pediatric...
View ArticlePhages - Largest-ever series of case studies shows phage therapy's success in...
The number of reported cases using viruses to treat deadly Mycobacterium infections just went up by a factor of five. In a new study, a team led by researchers from the...
View ArticlePhages - Phage therapeutics can be used to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens
Scientists with the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were among those providing the biochemical tools needed to help save a man's life through a unique...
View ArticlePhages - How an army of 'friendly viruses' are leading the NHS's war on...
For bacteriophages, or phages for short, don't hurt humans. Instead they infect bacteria, using them as hosts in order to reproduce, destroying them in the process.
View ArticlePhages - A rapid and efficient method of identifying neutralizing nanobodies...
A recent PLoS ONE study detected neutralizing nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2 from nanobody phage display libraries and via in vitro and ex vivo high-throughput screenings.
View ArticlePhages - Researchers discover how phage resistance helps drive the emergence...
Researchers from the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia have uncovered how resistance has helped drive the emergence of dominant strains of Salmonella.
View ArticlePhages, HIV cure research and more: The IDN cover stories of 2022
In 2022, the front page of Infectious Disease News mostly peered beyond COVID-19 to showcase triumphs and progress being made elsewhere in the field of infectious disease. We...
View ArticlePhages - Old cure revived to help fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs
The Alfred hospital in Melbourne has begun using the pioneering phage therapy, which dates back to 1917 and involves utilising harmless viruses, to kill germs in cases where...
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