New strategy uses bacteriophages to combat drug-resistant infections
Researchers have a new battle tactic to fight drug-resistant bacterial infections. Their strategy involves using collections of bacteriophages, viruses that ...
Tag: Bacteriophage
Bacteriophage cocktail can effectively disrupt Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms on medical equipment
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether a cocktail of bacteriophages coding for the depolymerase polysaccharide ...
Researchers review bacteriophage treatment
In a recent review published in Cell, researchers presented an overview of bacteriophage treatment, including mechanisms, types, design and applications ...
Viruses exploit ability to sense the environment to maximize their infective yield
New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to "decide" when to ...
What is the efficacy of Grignard Pure™ against surrogate of SARS-CoV-2?
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers characterized the efficacy of Grignard Pure™ (GP) in inactivating ...
Rice University researchers model a key mechanism by which DNA replicates
Knowing the structure of a complex biological system isn't nearly enough to understand how it works. It helps to know ...
