The potential use of Bacteriophage Lysins In the Medical field March 20, 2022 Structure of gram-negative bacteriophage lysin. credit Fischetti (2019) Phage lysins are specialized hydrolytic cell wall enzymes that are used to rupture phage-infected bacteria and release…
Are Phages Microbiome-Friendly Therapeutic Approach? March 4, 2022 Introduction Antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed class of drugs in the US and many other parts of the world. However, they have become
How do bacteriophages transfer antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs)? February 24, 2022 An illustration of ARG transfer by T bacteriophages Because of the rise in antibiotic resistance, effective prevention of pathogens is becoming a pipe dream.
Phage therapy (Bacteriophage therapy) April 19, 2021 Soon after Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin and the beginning of Western medicine’s widespread use of antibiotics in the 1940s, Fleming himself warned