Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D., – Page 44 – PHAGElogist

Influenza and Coronavirus Demise Could Lie with Phage Nanoparticles

Given the current global viral pandemic, it wouldn’t be difficult for most to think of viruses in only a negative context. However, over the past several years, a slew of…

WHO officials say it’s unclear whether recovered coronavirus patients are immune to second infection

World Health Organization officials said not all people who recover from the coronavirus have the antibodies to fight a second infection.This raises concerns that patients don’t develop immunity after surviving…

Plasma Therapy for COVID-19

Convalescent plasma as a potential therapy for COVID-19 (The Lancet) The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan, China, has become a major concern…

‘Super Viruses’ to treat superbugs

Can Phage Therapy be the potential answer? Bacteriophages also called phages are bacteria-attacking microorganisms that devour selected bacteria without causing any harm to the host. Phages are all around us…

Bacteriophages as prophylactic agents

Antibiotics are used as a prophylactic agents during this viral pandemic. In future, Can phage therapy be used as for empirical treatment? In study: Phages used for therapeutic or prophylactic…

Why SARS-CoV-2 is not the product of purposeful manipulation?

1. Mutations in the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2: The receptor binding domain (RBD) in the spike protein is the most variable part of the coronavirus genome. Six RBD amino acids…

Why “A Tiger tested positive for coronavirus” is nothing new?

Coronaviruses are not particularly hard to please when it comes to potential hosts -- they've been detected in many mammal and bird species, including dogs and cats, as well as…

Research sheds new light on the phage therapy history

In the current situation when the fear of virus infections in the public is common, it is good to remember that some viruses can be extremely beneficial for mankind, even…

SARS-CoV-2 is not escaped from the lab-Evidence

The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2- Nature Medicine The genomic features described here may explain in part the infectiousness and transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 in humans.Although the evidence shows that SARSCoV-2 is…

Replace antibiotics with programmable viruses

Right now the world is at war. But this is no ordinary war. It’s a fight with an organism so small we can only detect it through use of a…