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Antiviral properties of bacteriophages

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…

Which kind of lab is supposed to handle bacteriophages?

June 17, 2021

Bacteriophages are viruses that affect bacteria and not plants, humans,s or any other mammals; due to their specificity, it poses no harm to other…

Problems of electron microscopy (TEM) for bacteriophages

June 9, 2021

Transmission electron microscopy history Transmission electron microscope Electron microscopy has always had problems with imaging and interpretation, but the rise of digital electron microscopy…

How to make an outstanding media (agar) plate

June 5, 2021

Whether they contain TSA, MHA, LB, M9, or any other medium, making agar plates is a simple procedure. But there are a few finer…

How to determination of the number of phage particles in a stock (phage titration)

June 4, 2021

Phage titration (determination of the number of phage particles in stock) is an essential molecular biology technique. Most of the time, it does after…

Protocol for Mechanical Dissociation and DNA Extraction of sample (Using QIAmp DNA Mini Kit)

June 2, 2021

This protocol was designed for microbiome analysis in sputum (although other samples can be used with slight modifications) and was adapted and used in…

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…

Bacteriophage host range determination (Culture-Based Approach)

May 23, 2021

Bacteriophage host range is by definition a repertoire of bacterial species and strains that are able to support the multiplication of the given virus….

Is phage therapy a solution to Netherton Syndrome?

May 5, 2021

Netherton Syndrome (NS) is a rare genetic disorder that significantly weakens the skin’s barrier, making patients highly susceptible to chronic infections and allergic reactions….

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…