Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D., – Page 41 – PHAGElogist

Infectious disease and the need for more options

At this moment in time, all attention has been turned to the novel coronavirus that is circling the globe and upending life as we know it. Not only is the…

Antibiotic Treatment – COVID-19

Published in Nature Microbiology: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0739-4 Action is needed to prevent COVID-19 from casting a long shadow over antimicrobial resistance. A peek under the hood of studies reporting on patients hospitalized…

Record number of countries contribute data revealing disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance

WHO Report: Geneva—A record number of countries are now monitoring and reporting on antibiotic resistance - marking a major step forward in the global fight against drug resistance. But the…

Bacteriophage: The alternative solution

The use of antibiotics as disease treatments or growth promoters in livestock is prohibited in many countries worldwide in efforts to solve problems caused by antibiotic resistance. Therefore, an alternative…

Carbapenem-resistance in India

Our pre-print article on "Dissemination of Carbapenem-resistance and Plasmids-encoding Carbapenemases in Gram-negative Bacteria Isolated from India" has been published. Authored by: Prasanth Manohar, Bruno S Lopes and Ramesh Nachimuthu Main…

The Virtuous Side of Viruses

As drug-resistant superbugs spread, researchers are turning to microbes that kill bacteria. This year the world awakened to the fact that the most powerful and sophisticated species on earth is…

A different approach to fighting bacteria

Phage therapy (PT) is also called bacteriophage therapy. It uses viruses to treat bacterial infections. Bacterial viruses are called phages or bacteriophages. They only attack bacteria; phages are harmless to…

Why Antibiotic Resistance Is More Worrisome Than Ever?

A health crisis is rapidly unfolding worldwide. It causes suffering and death, costs billions and threatens to overwhelm health-care systems, patients and their families. No, it's not the coronavirus pandemic.…

Study sheds light on phages and precision cell destruction

Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria, shows promise for treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. But the design of such therapies depends on…

Can AI help fight covid-19?

To find future treatments for infections, we might have to look back at the past. Before the discovery and advent of antibiotics, doctors had an altogether different strategy to treat…