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Excited!!! Starting a new position as a "Postdoctoral Research Associate" (in NIH project) at the Center for Phage Technology (Young lab), Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M AgriLife Research,…

Bacteriophages, also known as phages, are viruses that infect and can kill bacteria. They hold promise in treating drug-resistant infections, which are on the rise globally and are estimated to…

Abstract The serious threats posed by drug-resistant bacterial infections and recent developments in synthetic biology have fueled a growing interest in genetically engineered phages with therapeutic potential. To date, many…

Efficacy of phage therapy in preclinical models of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis Published: November 09, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00288-9 Summary Background Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens is an…

Russia is set to exhibit a CAGR of 5.8% in Europe bacteriophage market during the forecast period. Sales of bacteriophage in Australia are projected to increase at a CAGR rate…

Bacteriophage genome engineering with CRISPR–Cas13a https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01243-4 Abstract Jumbo phages such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa ФKZ have potential as antimicrobials and as a model for uncovering basic phage biology. Both pursuits are currently limited…

Fuelled by the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, researchers believe that antimicrobial resistance could ultimately take more than 10 million lives per year by 2050. While the burden is universal,…

Let's celebrate "WORLD Phage Week" - Oct 22-28, 2022. #phagologist #phagetherapy Bacteriophages (or phages) are bacteria infecting/ killing viruses. Phages are used to cure bacterial infections.

The war in Ukraine is increasing the spread of antimicrobial resistance, said Dr. Laura Jung, a clinician and researcher on antibiotic resistance at the University of Leipzig Medical Center in Germany,…