Researchers at Pitt have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage–phage for short–that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part ...

While phage therapy has been around for over 100 years, the treatment still isn’t a main part of medicine. American doctors used it often in the 1940s, but it later fell out of favor by many.

It is important to understand factors at play early in the infection cycle, when the phage finds and binds to bacterial cell surface, Antani said. This key initial step is called "phage attachment." ...

Nature Biotechnology - Phage offer a real alternative. Projan states that bacteria naturally resistant to any bacteriophage pre-exist in bacterial infections consisting of >10 6 organisms. This ...

One alternative to antibiotics is phage therapy, which harnesses viruses to attack bacterial cells. Conceived over a century ago, phage therapy fell to the wayside as antibiotics rose to ...

Phage therapy might sound new, but it has been used for 100 years. However, the treatment isn’t well known. More research is needed on bacteriophages. This therapy for disease-causing bacteria ...

Instructors: Christy Fillman and Nancy Guild The Phage Genomics Lab courses ,sponsored by the HHMI Science Education Alliance, offers introductory biology students an authentic research ...

New insights into phage therapy design Date: May 15, 2024 Source: The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Summary: Results from a new study are providing new insights into the therapeutic ...

Nature Biotechnology - Response: Phage offer a real alternative. Third, Schoolnik et al. have missed my point about rapid, point-of-care diagnostics.We are all in agreement that this will be a ...