Researchers have a new battle tactic to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Their strategy involves using collections of bacteriophages, viruses that naturally attack bacteria. In a new study, ...
For cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, experimental treatment with bacteriophage (or phage) has yielded good results with apparent safety so far, a ...
Phage Canada was informally established in 2020 to connect researchers and practitioners working on phage research and applications in Canada. Following two highly successful events that highlighted ...
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions. As ...
There’s nothing retro about retrons, which are bacterial molecules that produce DNA. Although retrons ordinarily serve an immune function in bacteria, they can, upon modification, acquire a genetic ...
Steffanie Strathdee and her husband Tom Patterson fishing in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia in August 2023. Tom recovered from a life-threatening superbug infection after receiving phage therapy in ...
Lyon (France) – November 18, 2024, at 06:00 p.m. CET – PHAXIAM Therapeutics (Euronext: PHXM - FR0011471135), hereafter “The Company” or PHAXIAM, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative ...