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The Bee Gut’s Viral Mirror: How Tiny Phages Reflect the Microbial Universe Within

November 5, 2025

Inside a honey bee’s gut, an invisible war rages, not between bees and parasites, but between the bacteria that keep the bee alive and…

World Phage Week: Day 3: GMP, Manufacturing, and Production in Phage Development — Dr. Frenk Smrekar

November 1, 2025

The World Phage Week (October 22-28) 2025 is here, celebrating the birthday of Frederick Twort, a pioneer in phage research. This year, to mark this event, The…

World Phage Week: Day 2: Phage Therapy Commercialization and Market Pathways — Dr. Mayukh Das

October 29, 2025

The World Phage Week (October 22-28) 2025 is here, celebrating the birthday of Frederick Twort, a pioneer in phage research. This year, to mark…

World Phage Week: Day 1: Regulatory Framework on Phage Therapy — Dr. Tobi Nagel

October 23, 2025

The World Phage Week (October 22-28) 2025 is here, celebrating the birthday of Frederick Twort, a pioneer in phage research. This year, to mark…

Cell wall thickness and phage visualization in the presence of Audmula and proposed mode of action

Audmula to Fight Against Phages

October 15, 2025

We know that phages — viruses that kill bacteria —are beneficial to us, and active and robust studies are underway to develop them. However,…

Phagos raised 25 million euros to end bacterial diseases

Phagos Secures €25 Million to Advance AI-Driven Phage Therapy for Livestock

October 10, 2025

Phagos, a French biotechnology company pioneering AI-powered phage therapy, has raised €25 million (US$29 million) in a Series A funding round to accelerate its…

Graphical abstract on how phages can be used in detecting substrates that may diagnose cancer and other diseases

How Phages Are Teaching Us to Build Smarter Cancer Drugs

October 9, 2025

Imagine being able to design a medicine so precise that it recognizes one single protein in your body and ignores everything else.A treatment so…

Bespoke Phage Therapy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

September 27, 2025

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global health challenges of our time. Researchers from Monash University and The Alfred Hospital have…

What is the Best Method to Store Phages for Later Use?

September 24, 2025

A few weeks ago, I was chatting with an MSc student who had just isolated her very first phage from a sewage sample. She…

AI-Designed Phage Genomes Show Promise Against Antibiotic Resistance

September 21, 2025

Researchers from Arc Institute and collaborators have demonstrated that AI foundation models—Evo 1 and Evo 2—can design fully functional phage genomes, offering a new…