RESEARCH

What are the disadvantages of using phage therapy?

BACTERIOPHAGES, PHAGE THERAPY, RESEARCH

Bacteriophage therapy is gaining widespread attention as a result of the global superbug crisis....
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How does a phage based vaccine work?

BACTERIOPHAGES, GENETICS, IMMUNOLOGY, PHAGE THERAPY, RESEARCH • One Comment

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists investigated various types of vaccine production in the hopes of saving the world. Other...
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Bioluminescence-based Reporter Bacteriophages: New Technology for Monitoring Microbes and Diseases

Diagnostics, INNOVATION, RESEARCH

Bacteria and bacteriophage. Photo by Oxford (Article by Pete Wilton) In recent years, the development of bioluminescence-based...
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The potential use of Bacteriophage Lysins In the Medical field

AMR, Bacteriophage Lysin, RESEARCH • 2 Comments

Structure of gram-negative bacteriophage lysin. credit Fischetti (2019)  Phage lysins are...
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Can the Bacteriophage Mutants be the Next Generation Carriers for Conjugate Vaccines?

Drug delivery, IMMUNOLOGY, RESEARCH

Passing through several waves of the deadly pandemic brought the human race into consideration of doing extensive research on vaccines. It...
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DendriPep: Innovative macromolecules that stabilize bacteriophages as a medicine

INNOVATION, RESEARCH • 3 Comments

In the world of booming antimicrobial resistance, scientists worldwide struggle to find a proper method of treating superbugs. Recently,...
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Antiviral properties of bacteriophages: Can a bacteriophage infect other viruses?

PHAGE THERAPY, RESEARCH

Bacteriophages are viruses known to attack bacteria. Their effectiveness in eradicating the most...
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The virus that lives in sputum to feed on deadly bacteria (in patients with Cystic fibrosis)

BACTERIOPHAGES, NEWS, RESEARCH

Introduction: There is a recent study about the extraction and detection of phage DNA from a sputum sample done by scientists from Stanford...
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