Uncategorized Adoption of phage therapy in the US 31 Jul 2025 Exploration of Providers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Phage Therapy and Intentions for Future Adoption as an Alternative to Traditional Antibiotics in the US—A Cross-Sectional Study Abstract Antibiotic resistance presents a…
Uncategorized TechnoPhage & PHAXIAM Therapeutics partner to improve phage therapy 20 Jul 2025 TechnoPhage, a Portuguese company specialising in GMP phage development, and PHAXIAM Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm focused on innovative treatments for severe and resistant bacterial infections, announced a strategic collaboration. This partnership aims…
Uncategorized Let’s meet in Knoxville! 19 Jul 202519 Jul 2025 I will be attending the "Evergrenn Phage Meeting" in Knoxville, Tennessee. We can meet if you are in... https://foodscience.tennessee.edu/phage/ I will be presenting about the ssRNA phages and their lysis…
Uncategorized Human serum affect sensitivity to phage infection 12 Jul 2025 An interesting observation from Campobasso et al. "Human serum lipids affect Staphylococcus aureus sensitivity to phage infection" Adult human serum in vitro prevents phage lytic activity against S. aureus Foetal calf serum does not affect…
Uncategorized Phage therapy suitability to a patient: A lesson to learn 6 Jul 20256 Jul 2025 How to: assess patient suitability for unlicensed phage therapy in the United Kingdom Phage therapy may be used as an unlicensed medicine in the United Kingdom Naturally occurring phages are…
Uncategorized Could bacteria-eating viruses save your life? 29 Jun 2025 Interesting article in BBC about phage therapy. I found a bacteria-eating virus in my loo - could it save your life? Phage - the friendly virus Phage science may sound…
Uncategorized Intra-phage immunity 19 Jun 2025 Intra-phage immunity: Set a (pro)phage to catch a phage E. coli prophages encode an arsenal of defense systems to protect against temperate phages The classic view of phage biology has long…
Uncategorized Phage-induced protection against bacterial reinfection 6 Jun 20256 Jun 2025 A new article by Xing et al. in PNAS on "Phage-induced protection against lethal bacterial reinfection" Significance In 2021, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria were responsible for 1.14 million deaths and associated with…
Uncategorized DnaJ mediates phage sensing 4 Jun 2025 DnaJ mediates phage sensing by the bacterial NLR-related protein bNACHT25 Abstract Bacteria encode a wide range of antiphage systems and a subset of these proteins are homologous to components of…
Uncategorized Armata Pharmaceuticals announces positive phage therapy trials 1 Jun 20251 Jun 2025 Armata Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Topline Data from the Phase 1b/2a diSArm Study of Intravenously Administered AP-SA02 in Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Armata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: ARMP) ("Armata" or the…