Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D., – Page 26 – PHAGElogist

Safety and efficacy of phage therapy

A very important review article published in 'The Lancet Infectious Diseases' by Uyttebroek et al., https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00612-5 ABSTRACT: According to the latest reports from WHO, the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections…

World leaders and experts call for action

World leaders and experts today called for global action to reduce antimicrobial pollution recognising this as critical to combatting rising levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment. The Global Leaders…

The Medical City pushes for a Phage Revolution

The World Health Organization estimated that by 2050, up to ten million deaths associated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria (or what we commonly refer to as superbugs) will be recorded in Asia-Pacific,…

A new method can disarm antibiotic resistance

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…

NEW Publication! Phage Therapy

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…

Favourable Opinion From the Ethics Committee for PhagoDAIR Study

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…

Phage therapies for superbug infections are being tested in Belgium

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…

The staggering death toll of drug-resistant bacteria

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.…

The World’s Next Big Health Emergency Is Already Here

Covid-19 has claimed nearly 6 million lives. Antimicrobial resistance may claim 10 million annually by 2050 — and that figure is starting to look low. If we look on the bright side of the past…

Special Phage Therapy Clears a Patient’s Resistant Infection After 798 Days

After 700 days of antibiotic treatment, the infection of a 30-year-old bombing attack victim still raged. Tragically, the patient had suffered life-threatening injuries during the attacks at Brussels airport on 22…