Uncategorized Even though viruses attack harmful bacteria, the immune system attacks viruses 29 Jul 2021 very living thing on the planet plays host to viruses, and bacteria are no exception. Bacteriophages—or just “phages” to those in the know—are the viruses that attack bacteria. And we…
Uncategorized Scientists break record while battling antibiotic resistance 27 Jul 2021 Drug-resistant diseases could cause up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050, according to the World Health Organization. Scientists used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan…
Uncategorized Received ‘Young Scientist Award’ 25 Jul 2021 The latest conference of the Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy, SBRT, India happened virtually from 22 to 24th July 2021. It was the 2nd International Conference of the society…
Uncategorized Invitation: International Conference on Bacteriophage Research 21 Jul 2021 icbr-international-conference-on-bacteriophage-researchDownload
Uncategorized Book chapter “thank you for overwhelming response” 21 Jul 2021 The abstracts were received for my forthcoming book "Bacteriophages: Interaction, replication and diversity" (Nova Science Publishers Inc. NY). More than 35 abstracts were received for 12 chapters and all the…
Uncategorized Pandemic of antibiotic resistance is killing children in Bangladesh 16 Jul 2021 Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children worldwide. A new study identifies an unusual pattern of deadly bacteria with resistance to all standard antibiotic therapy in children with…
Uncategorized Mycobacterium abscessus Strain Morphotype Determines Phage Susceptibility 12 Jul 2021 Do you ever thought colony morphology is going to have an impact on phage susceptibility? YES, it does. Check out this article from Hatfull Lab. Dedrick RM, Smith BE, Garlena…
Uncategorized Warning: Common prescription drugs may increase risk of developing antibiotic resistance 11 Jul 2021 Common prescription drugs that are not antibiotics can increase the risk of patients developing antibiotic resistance, new research shows. Common drugs, including those used in cancer chemotherapy and to treat…
Uncategorized ECCMID-2021 Presentation 9 Jul 2021 If you are logging-into this years ECCMID, do visit my ePoster! 01140. Phage-antibiotic combinations to eradicate Pseudomonas-Candida multi-infections Background The declining sensitivity of pathogenic bacteria towards antibiotics is becoming aglobal…
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