Uncategorized Alarming’ one in five deaths due to sepsis 22 Jan 202021 Mar 2020 One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, shows the most comprehensive analysis of the condition. The report estimates 11 million people…
Uncategorized ECCMID Young Scientist 19 Jan 2020 Selected as one of the 30 extraordinary young scientists around the world to represent 30th ECCMID in Paris. See you all in Paris (April 18-21) www.escmid.com
Uncategorized Stealth Disease Likely To Blame For 20% Of Worldwide Deaths 17 Jan 202017 Jan 2020 A medical condition that often escapes public notice may be involved in 20% of deaths worldwide, according to a new study. The disease is sepsis — sometimes called blood poisoning.…
Uncategorized New agents to fight multidrug-resistant germs 7 Jan 2020 Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Fraunhofer scientists have joined forces with partners in the Phage4Cure project to explore alternatives to antibiotics. One objective is to vanquish multidrug-resistant…
Uncategorized Building Better Bacteriophage with Biofoundries 28 Dec 2019 Resistance to antibiotics is an escalating global crisis, presenting a major health, social, and economic burden. An underexplored alternative to antibiotic treatment is phage therapy whereby bacteriophages are used to…
Uncategorized “Phageologist” – A new term 27 Dec 201921 Mar 2020 Phageologist Definition: Indicating a person skilled or involved in studying the biology of phages or bacteriophages. 'Phage' refers to bacteriophage, a living virus and '-logist' refers to a person who…
Uncategorized The Ganges Brims With Dangerous Bacteria – THE NEW YORK TIMES 25 Dec 2019 GANGOTRI, India — High in the Himalayas, it’s easy to see why the Ganges River is considered sacred. According to Hindu legend, the Milky Way became this earthly body of…
Uncategorized Bacteriophages are used to infect and kill pathogenic multi-drug resistant bacteria 24 Dec 2019 The doctors at the CMC hospitals have decided to try Phage therapy, wherein nature’s anti-biotics — Bacteriophages are used to infect and kill pathogenic multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. The therapy is…
Uncategorized ‘SuperBug Team’ to start ‘phage therapy’ in India 23 Dec 201921 Mar 2020 https://superbugdocs.com/ We are starting a new lab in Bangalore, India to work on bacteriophages and phage products for clinical applications. Now, we are recruiting PhDs and M.Sc. in Microbiology for…
Uncategorized The perfect predator? Inside the Tbilisi clinic pioneering a radical superbug treatment 17 Dec 201920 Dec 2019 The laboratory, with its faded white walls and the smell of yeast in the air, seems an unlikely battleground for one of the most urgent fights facing modern medicine. But…