Phage - the friendly virus Phage science may sound new and exciting, but it is actually a century old idea stemming from the discoveries of Felix d'Hérelle and Frederick Twort in the 1910s.

City native and Concordia graduate Zach Panning has been asked by customers of Hanson’s Running Shop in Michigan, where he works part time, if he’s run the Boston Marathon.

A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which includes bacteria and viruses, has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that kill certain bacteria. If antibiotics don’t work on your infection, phage therapy may be able to do the job instead.

Nearly Forgotten ‘Phage Therapy’ Fights Antibiotic Resistance In a new book, a science journalist recounts the story of a lifesaving treatment for infection that scientists broadly dismissed ...

The Phage Whisperer Biswajit Biswas drew a syringe full of phage and injected it into his laboratory mice, one after another. The mice weren't sick, so he wasn't using phages as medicine.

Technologies for generating superphages and optimizing phage cocktails are poised to overcome antibiotic resistance and resolve microbiome dysbiosis.

Drug Development Largest ever phage therapy trial shows promise for UTI treatment Urinary tract–infecting E. coli are increasingly antibiotic resistant but phage therapy offers a compelling ...

Phage therapy offers hope for fighting bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. The FDA needs to loosen restrictions on its use.

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With phage therapy, researchers sharpen another arrow in the quiver against antibiotic resistance.

In turn, a phage will try to coevolve with the bacteria to maintain its infectivity. Sometimes a phage can change to better infect its target bacteria, but sometimes the bacteria can outsmart it.