Uncategorized Adaptive Phage Therapeutics Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial of PhageBank 4 Jun 2021 Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to providing therapies to treat infectious diseases, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 1/2 study…
Uncategorized Phage Therapy: Legacy of CF Advocate Mallory Smith Endures 2 Jun 2021 The legacy of Mallory Smith, who died nearly four years ago from a cystic fibrosis-related superbug infection in her lungs, is living on in the form of raising awareness and…
Uncategorized New Publication Alert! in ‘Biological Control’ about the application of phages in aquaculture 30 May 2021 Nachimuthu Ramesh, Madhav Madurantakam Royam, Prasanth Manohar, Sebastian LeptihnApplication of Bacteriophages and its Endolysin in Aquaculture as a Biocontrol MeasureBiological Control, 2021, 104678, ISSN 1049-9644,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104678.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964421001481) Abstract: Aquaculture being a prime…
Uncategorized Glowing molecule could help the fight against antibiotic resistance 29 May 2021 A team of researchers has developed a glowing molecule that could help the fight against antibiotic resistance, by alerting doctors to what kind of bacterial threat is affecting their patients.…
Uncategorized Use of antibiotics for Covid-19 patients is worsening India’s drug resistance crisis 26 May 2021 Amid dearth of effective treatments, doctors are turning to drugs they have on hand — many are antibiotics that other countries wouldn’t use for Covid. Excessive use of the world’s…
Uncategorized Scientists demonstrate phage therapy technique 25 May 2021 A team of French and Swiss scientists has demonstrated a lensless imaging technique that could easily be implemented in cost-effective and compact devices in phage laboratories to accelerate phage-therapy diagnosis. The…
Uncategorized Thinking of new diagnostic tools! Lets talk about bacterial susceptibility to phage 20 May 2021 In the growing world of infectious diseases, it is important to diagnose a disease as early as possible to prevent its complications. Talking from infection (bacteria) point-of-view, the use of…
Uncategorized Joined as Review Editor for Frontiers Journals 18 May 2021 I will be joining the review editor team in Frontiers, https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/549745/overview Review Editor for Infectious Diseases – Surveillance, Prevention and TreatmentFrontiers in Medicine Open for submissionsFrontiers in Public Health Open for submissions
Uncategorized Pherecydes Pharma expands its patent portfolio with a new patent granted in Hong Kong 16 May 2021 Pherecydes Pharma (Paris:ALPHE) (FR0011651694 - ALPHE), a biotechnology company specializing in precision phage therapy to treat resistant and/or complicated bacterial infections, today announced that the Hong Kong authorities have granted a…
Uncategorized Earthworms could help reduce antibiotic resistance genes in soil 13 May 2021 Earthworms improve the soil by aerating it, breaking down organic matter and mineralizing nutrients. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology have dug up another possible role: reducing the number…
