Bacteriophages, or simply, “phages”, have potential not only to fight drug-resistant bacteria, but also to lower resistance ...

While there are not yet any phage products licensed as human medicines for phage therapy, they are already used as food treatment agents and in agriculture to treat plant diseases. In a few cases ...

Researchers have a new battle tactic to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Their strategy involves using collections ...

Clements: So when it comes to really understanding phage therapy, this might be via a single strain of phage or perhaps a phage cocktail. Could you explain to us what the difference is? Cifuentes: Yes ...

In the decades that followed, d’Hérelle and others used this phage therapy to treat bubonic plague and cholera, until the technique fell into disuse after the widespread adoption of antibiotics ...

In the decades that followed, d'Hérelle and others used this phage therapy to treat bubonic plague and other bacterial infections until the technique fell into disuse after the widespread ...

Their potential as antibacterial agents was appreciated almost immediately, with the first 'phage therapy' trials predating Fleming's discovery of penicillin by approximately a decade. In this ...

Bacteria-eating viruses might be able to fight antibiotic resistance where new treatments are most needed. In January, a burn ...

Previously unseen viruses found in home bathrooms may be a new frontier of biotech innovation to fight disease and antibiotic ...

Nonetheless, there are several challenges that must be addressed prior to widespread adoption of phage therapy. In this section, the authors consider various strategies of phage formulation ...