How does a phage based vaccine work? March 31, 2022 During the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists investigated various types of vaccine production in the hopes of saving the world. Other effective vaccines have been...
Bioluminescence-based Reporter Bacteriophages: New Technology for Monitoring Microbes and Diseases March 26, 2022 Bacteria and bacteriophage. Photo by Oxford (Article by Pete Wilton) In recent years, the development of bioluminescence-based reporter bacteriophages has revolutionized the monitoring of microbes...
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...
Can the Bacteriophage Mutants be the Next Generation Carriers for Conjugate Vaccines? February 26, 2022 Passing through several waves of the deadly pandemic brought the human race into consideration of doing extensive research on vaccines. It is no doubt...
DendriPep: Innovative macromolecules that stabilize bacteriophages as a medicine January 16, 2022 In the world of booming antimicrobial resistance, scientists worldwide struggle to find a proper method of treating superbugs. Recently, the savior has been recognized
Antiviral properties of bacteriophages: Can a bacteriophage infect other viruses? July 24, 2021 Bacteriophages are viruses known to attack bacteria. Their effectiveness in eradicating the most antibiotic-resistant bacteria piqued scientists' interest in the prospect of using them
The virus that lives in sputum to feed on deadly bacteria (in patients with Cystic fibrosis) June 2, 2021 Introduction: There is a recent study about the extraction and detection of phage DNA from a sputum sample done by scientists from Stanford University