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Graphical abstract on how phages can be used in detecting substrates that may diagnose cancer and other diseases

How Phages Are Teaching Us to Build Smarter Cancer Drugs

October 9, 2025

Imagine being able to design a medicine so precise that it recognizes one single protein in your body and ignores everything else.A treatment so…

What is the Best Method to Store Phages for Later Use?

September 24, 2025

A few weeks ago, I was chatting with an MSc student who had just isolated her very first phage from a sewage sample. She…

UK Issues Pivotal Guidelines to Advance Safe Development of Phage Therapies

June 7, 2025

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released a comprehensive new document aimed at guiding researchers and pharmaceutical companies in the safe…

Schematic model for iron sequestration-induced promotion of phage infection

Bacteria Secrete a Molecule that Sensitizes Rivals to Phage Infection

March 24, 2025

Scientists from Indiana University Bloomington have published a study that has revealed a fascinating new mechanism by which bacteria can gain a competitive edge…

Sewage sample processing for bacteriophage isolation

February 12, 2025

Sewage is a rich source of diverse bacteriophages, particularly coliphages that target coliform bacteria. However, its composition can vary significantly depending on the source,…

Co-delivery hydrogel with phages and antibiotics to treat Fracture-related infections, a promising experimental study

November 14, 2024

Wound healing is a complex process that involves a lot of work from our cells. Infections from fractures (broken bones) often involve biofilms—layers of…

Diversity in bacteriophages and bacteria

Are Bacteriophages More Diverse Than Bacteria?

October 24, 2024

Our recent LinkedIn poll series sought to gauge public understanding of a fascinating topic: the diversity of bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) compared to…

Immunogold labeling transmission electron microscopy images of phages

Bacterial Antiviral immune system alters tails of phages

October 7, 2024

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany have published their recent research. In…

The Battle Within: How Phages Trigger Bacterial Cell Lysis

October 3, 2024

Bacteriophages, often called phages, are viruses that specifically target and infect bacteria. One of the most fascinating processes they can initiate is bacterial cell…

The Impact of Stop Codon Reassignment Significantly Affects Phage Annotation

August 18, 2024

Stop codon reassignment is a genetic phenomenon where the traditional role of stop codons in terminating protein synthesis is altered, allowing these codons to…