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INTERVIEW

What’s Better: Simplicity or Standardization in Bacteriophage Nomenclature?

November 8, 2024 Raphael Hans Lwesya

Imagine you’re a scientist in the early 1900s, just discovering that tiny viruses can infect and destroy bacteria. You’re calling them “bacteriophages,” and it makes sense to name them based on their bacterial host. After…

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Synthetic Biology

Engineered phages: The future of bioremediation?

November 25, 2023 Raphael Hans Lwesya

In the dynamic world of scientific discovery, researchers are constantly finding innovative solutions to some of our most pressing challenges. A recent…

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Research digest

Discovery: A virus that attaches to another virus

November 3, 2023 Raphael Hans Lwesya

In a groundbreaking discovery that began as a typical research project, a team from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) uncovered…

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Bacteriophage Conference at BITS PILANI, Goa

January 7, 2026

In association with International Association for Bacteriophage and AMR Research (IABAMRR), BITS Pilani, K K Birla, Goa Campus, Goa is organizing conference “ONE HEALTH, ONE SOLUTION:…