Uncategorized A new method can disarm antibiotic resistance 27 Feb 2022 Scientists think they may have uncovered a whole new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which, if successful, would help address a health crisis responsible for more deaths every year than…
Uncategorized NEW Publication! Phage Therapy 19 Feb 2022 A Multiwell-Plate Caenorhabditis elegans Assay for Assessing the Therapeutic Potential of Bacteriophages against Clinical Pathogens Microbiol Spectr 2022 Feb 16;10(1):e0139321. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01393-21. Abstract In order to establish phage therapy as a standard…
Uncategorized Favourable Opinion From the Ethics Committee for PhagoDAIR Study 12 Feb 2022 PhagoDAIR is a phase I/II clinical study for the treatment of osteoarticular infections of prostheses due to Staphylococcus aureusThis Ethics Committee approval will allow patient enrollment to begin during the spring…
Uncategorized Phage therapies for superbug infections are being tested in Belgium 8 Feb 2022 Bacteria-killing viruses can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and the approach has been tried in more than 100 people in Belgium since a 2019 change in regulations.The use of…
Uncategorized The staggering death toll of drug-resistant bacteria 2 Feb 2022 Global survey shows that in 2019, antimicrobial resistance killed more people than HIV/AIDS or malaria. Escherichia coli bacteria (orange) are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to antimicrobial-resistant infections.…
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