April 2020 – PHAGElogist

Influenza and Coronavirus Demise Could Lie with Phage Nanoparticles

Given the current global viral pandemic, it wouldn’t be difficult for most to think of viruses in only a negative context. However, over the past several years, a slew of…

COVID-19 and AMR!

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new coronavirus that was only recently discovered in 2019. The virus causes the COVID-19 pandemic which currently requires the full…

FDA clears first clinical study for PhageBank

Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company founded to provide an effective therapeutic response to the global rise of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria, announced recently that the U.S. Food…

SARS-CoV-2 is not man-made or lab-escaped or Wuhan origin

Coronavirus may have started spreading as early as September 2019, say British scientists who are studying its mutations. The coronavirus may have started spreading as early as mid-September and Wuhan…

Influenza and Coronavirus Demise Could Lie with Phage Nanoparticles

Given the current global viral pandemic, it wouldn’t be difficult for most to think of viruses in only a negative context. However, over the past several years, a slew of…

WHO officials say it’s unclear whether recovered coronavirus patients are immune to second infection

World Health Organization officials said not all people who recover from the coronavirus have the antibodies to fight a second infection.This raises concerns that patients don’t develop immunity after surviving…

Plasma Therapy for COVID-19

Convalescent plasma as a potential therapy for COVID-19 (The Lancet) The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, has become a major concern…

‘Super Viruses’ to treat superbugs

Can Phage Therapy be the potential answer? Bacteriophages also called phages are bacteria-attacking microorganisms that devour selected bacteria without causing any harm to the host. Phages are all around us…

Bacteriophages as prophylactic agents

Antibiotics are used as a prophylactic agents during this viral pandemic. In future, Can phage therapy be used as for empirical treatment? In study: Phages used for therapeutic or prophylactic…

Why SARS-CoV-2 is not the product of purposeful manipulation?

1. Mutations in the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2: The receptor binding domain (RBD) in the spike protein is the most variable part of the coronavirus genome. Six RBD amino acids…