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Is phage technology going to help Africa overcome the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

April 18, 2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health globally. Published investigations have estimated the impact of AMR on pathogen-drug combinations on incidence,…

What are the disadvantages of using phage therapy?

April 13, 2022

Bacteriophage therapy is gaining widespread attention as a result of the global superbug crisis. Superbugs are bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics; these organisms…

Phage technology can help to fight food poisoning

April 12, 2022

Food poisoning has recently dominated the terror world; some major news outlets reported that some pathogens are unstoppable even in first-world countries such as…

Best places to find phages (bacteriophages)

April 12, 2022

The phrase “Bacteria are everywhere” is commonly used to describe the prevalence of bacteria in our environment. Some people believe they are the most…

How are bacteriophages (phages) produced?

April 12, 2022

Three types of phages are used to prepare diluted solutions in a French hospital (ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP / Getty) How are phage products…

What Causes Phage Plaque Halo?

April 9, 2022

What is plaque halo? Plaque halo refers to the partial-turbid clearance surrounding the original phage-induced clearance of the bacterial lawn. Not every phage infection…

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…

Is it possible for bacteria to develop bacteriophage resistance?

March 31, 2022

Bacteriophages are ancient viruses that exclusively parasitize bacteria. They are extremely diverse in their host range and they target bacteria of all different kinds…

Phage Display technology and it’s Application

March 29, 2022

Phage display is a molecular biology technique where bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are genetically modified to express foreign proteins on their surface. This…

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…