August 2018 – PHAGElogist

The therapeutic potential of bacteriophages targeting gram-negative bacteria using Galleria mellonella infection model

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1234-4 Authors: Prasanth Manohar, Nachimuthu Ramesh, Bruno S. Lopes. https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-018-1234-4

Viruses Against Bacteria: Development of Novel Therapeutics Boosted With Millions of Euros

https://www.prurgent.com/2018-08-28/pressrelease447037.htm Contact PhagoMed Alexander Belcredi PhagoMed Biopharma GmbH Vienna Biocenter 2 1030 Vienna Austria M +43 / 676 / 3811082 E alexander.belcrediphagomed.com W www.phagomed.com

Lytic vs Lysogenic – Understanding Bacteriophage Life Cycles

Phage therapy Prior to the discovery of antibiotics by Alexander Fleming in 1928, phage were being explored as a method for treating bacterial infections. In the post-antibiotic era, the convenient…

Gut bacteria are a reservoir of drug resistance genes, finds study

https://scroll.in/pulse/891971/lab-notes-gut-bacteria-are-a-reservoir-of-drug-resistance-genes-finds-study Researchers studied antibiotic resistance traits present in dominant gut bacteria isolated from human fecal samples. Six healthy individuals who had not consumed antibiotics for the past six months were…

This Indian startup is at the front of the world’s fight against superbugs

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/this-indian-startup-is-leading-the-world-s-fight-against-antibiotic-resistance/story-RCDmqFM90Bbw4qx3Zcq3vI.html In India, superbugs kill nearly 60,000 newborns every year. The rapid spread of resistant bacteria has now made India the epicenter of a war to prevent a post-antibiotic world,…

Not about politics but its ‘education’

https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/pm-asks-teachers-intellectuals-for-ways-to-improve-quality-of-education-1312024-2018-08-11 PM asks teachers, intellectuals for ways to improve the quality of education... Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pitched for improving the quality of education in institutions like IITs and…

AmpliPhi Biosciences Reports Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Business Highlights

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180809005208/en/AmpliPhi-Biosciences-Reports-Quarter-2018-Financial-Results 19 patients at 7 hospitals, with serious or life-threatening infections not responding to antibiotics, have been treated with AB-SA01 or AB-PA01 under single-patient expanded access program AmpliPhi has scheduled…

How Viruses Cooperate to Defeat CRISPR

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/how-viruses-cooperate-to-defeat-crispr/565469/ No single wolf can take down a bison on its own, but the pack has strength in numbers. A lone army ant is little threat, but an entire colony…