Uncategorized Modification of the immune response by bacteriophages 26 Sep 2022 Modification of the immune response by bacteriophages alters methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 15656 (2022) Abstract: There is an urgent need to develop phage therapies for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. However, although bacteria…
Uncategorized Development of host immune response to bacteriophage 22 Sep 2022 Development of host immune response to bacteriophage in a lung transplant recipient on adjunctive phage therapy for a multidrug resistant pneumonia 10.1093/infdis/jiac368 Abstract Bacteriophage therapy is the use of viruses…
Uncategorized New publication in Nature Microbiology 16 Sep 2022 Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes Nature Microbiology volume 7, pages 918–927 (2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01128-6 Abstract: Bacteriophages (phages) are obligate parasites that use host bacterial translation machinery to produce viral…
Uncategorized Phage therapy in IBD 13 Sep 2022 MICROBIOMES Phage therapy suppresses gut inflammation in IBD The gut microbiota is known to contribute to the pathology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. But…
Uncategorized TAILOR achieves clinical success with phage therapy 9 Sep 2022 A patient in a hospital develops an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection that is untreatable or only treatable with the most toxic of antibiotics. During the 48 hours it takes to identify…
Uncategorized Using Nanoantibiotics to Counter Antibiotic Resistance Gains US Patent 4 Sep 2022 Over 2.8 million Americans get antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections anually, and about 35,000 of those patients do not make it through their infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Uncategorized The past, present, and future of antibiotics 4 Sep 2022 Read this great article by Cook et al. at https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo7793 Abstract Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine. They are essential for treating infectious diseases and enable vital therapies and procedures. However,…
Uncategorized Celebrating Ryland Young’s career, advances in phage applications 2 Sep 2022 After Ryland ‘Ry’ Young retires on Aug. 31, his students can keep an ear out for his signature jangling of keys in the hallways — the renowned faculty member will…
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