November 2018 – PHAGElogist

My interest in phageome!

Does a sea of viruses inside our body help keep us healthy? https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/does-sea-viruses-inside-our-body-help-keep-us-healthy

Thinking of phage industry? Let me know!

https://www.tampabayreview.com/news/bacteriophage-market-worldwide-survey-global-industry-share-market-size-industry-outlook-strategies-2018-2026/61423/ Bacteriophage Market | Worldwide survey, Global Industry Share, Market Size, Industry Outlook and Strategies 2018 to 2026

Bacteria-eating viruses have cured over a dozen Americans of superbugs

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6390993/Bacteria-eating-viruses-cured-dozen-Americans-superbugs-rarely-used.html Is the solution to antibiotic resistance in SEWAGE? Bacteria-eating viruses have cured over a dozen Americans of superbugs - but the FDA has long dismissed it as 'Soviet pseudoscience'…

TIME magazine’s “50 Most Influential People in Health Care” -UCSD’s co-director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics

Steffanie Strathdee Who is she? Steffanie Strathdee is the associate dean of global health sciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine. An epidemiologist, Dr. Strathdee is also UCSD’s co-director…

Novel strategy to treat diabetic wound infection- Phage Therapy

By using virus that infects bacteria (bacteriophages), researchers from Panjab University have successfully treated multidrug-resistant bacterial infection in diabetic mouse model. People with diabetes are more prone to fungal and…

India lags behind in tackling antibiotic resistance

https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2018/11/17/India-lags-behind-in-tackling-antibiotic-resistance.html India's action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has made limited progress and it must beef up efforts including a clear roadmap to stop overuse of antibiotics and their…

World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Our time with antibiotics is running out

Take a look at the following links: WHO http://www.who.int/who-campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week http://www.who.int/who-campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/advocacy-material

Is the super antibiotic world badly needs finally here?

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/is-the-super-antibiotic-world-badly-needs-finally-here/articleshow/66504603.cms This is how Cefiderocol works. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66504603.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

FMI Says Virology Market Will Continue to Generate Major Revenue by 2025

http://www.pmlive.com/pmhub/healthcare_market_research/future_market_insights2/press_releases/fmi_says_virology_market_will_continue_to_generate_major_revenue_by_2025 Virology, the study of viruses, is an unparalleled branch of life sciences. With immensely high prevalence of diseases such as flu, hepatitis, AIDS, and STDs, the importance of virology…