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Phage Therapy- Where are we now?

Phage therapy research in the West has accelerated in recent years. In practical terms, treatment options remain reserved for compassionate cases — but of the 29 such cases reported since…

Viral Fingerprints in Human Gut

Each person's gut virus composition is as unique as a fingerprint, according to the first study to assemble a comprehensive database of viral populations in the human digestive system. An…

One way to reverse antibiotic resistance in bacteria has now been found

Antibiotic resistance is a rising threat being faced by medical professionals all around the world If no solution to the problem is found, the estimate says millions of people will…

Standardized guidelines for phage therapy

When clinicians resort to phage therapy for patients who don't respond to antibiotics, the patients are usually very ill and time is of the essence. But the average time for…

Baby’s Meningitis Case Highlights Growing Danger of Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria affected the treatment of meningitis at a major children's hospital in Washington, D.C. This single case at Children's National Hospital raises concerns about drug resistance in the common…

Lysins Unlimited: Phages’ Secret Weapon

It was 1917 when Felix d’Herelle, at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, first proposed using bacteriophages (or phages)—viruses that infect bacteria—as a therapy for human bacterial infections. Although used for…

Bacteriophage purification for personalized phage therapy

Luong, T., Salabarria, A., Edwards, R.A. et al. Standardized bacteriophage purification for personalized phage therapy. Nat Protoc (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-020-0346-0 The world is on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era, but researchers and medical doctors have…

Overuse of Antibiotics during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Will the Overuse of Antibiotics during the Coronavirus Pandemic AccelerateAntimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria? Infectious Microbes and Diseases,DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000034 The coronavirus pandemic is one of mankind’s biggest challenges of modern day.…

Phage Therapy for Limb-threatening Prosthetic Knee Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection

Case Report and In Vitro Characterization of Anti-biofilm Activity Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a potentially limb-threatening complication of total knee arthroplasty. Phage therapy is a promising strategy to manage…

Impact of COVID-19 on Global Phage Therapy Market

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According to the latest research by InsightAce Analytic, the global market for phage therapy was valued at US$ 28.8 Mn and it is expected to reach US$ 166.6 million in…