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Adapting a Phage to Combat Phage Resistance [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2020 Phage therapy is becoming a widely recognized alternative for fighting pathogenic bacteria due to increasing antibiotic resistance problems. However, one of the common concerns related to the use of phages is the evolution of bacterial resistance against the phages, putatively disabling the treatment.
Mäkelä, Kati +5 more
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Phages and Immunomodulation [PDF]
Future Microbiology, 2017 In the past years, the microbiome and its role in the pathophysiology of diseases have gained great interest. The progress of our knowledge in this field opens completely novel prospects for treating disorders, including those which are most challenging to medicine today.
Andrzej, Górski +6 more
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Viruses, 2018 Since time immemorial, phages—the viral parasites of bacteria—have been protecting Earth’s biosphere against bacterial overgrowth. Today, phages could help address the antibiotic resistance crisis that affects all of society. The greatest hurdle to the introduction of phage therapy in Western medicine is the lack of an appropriate legal and regulatory ...
Jean-Paul Pirnay +6 more
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WikiJournal of Medicine, 2021 Phage therapy refers to the use of bacteriophages (phages - bacterial viruses) as therapeutic agents against infectious bacterial diseases. This therapeutic approach emerged in the beginning of the 20th century but was progressively replaced by the use of antibiotics in most parts of the world after the second world war.
Joana Azeredo +6 more
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Bacteriophage, 2015 The resurgence of interest in bacteriophages for use in combating antibiotic resistant bacteria is coincident with an urgent call for more effective science education practices, including hands-on learning opportunities. To address this issue, a number of solutions have been proposed, including a large educational experiment, begun in 2007 by the ...
Louise, Temple, Lynn, Lewis
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Bacteriophage, 2011 Bacteriophages or phages are the most abundant organisms in the biosphere and they are a ubiquitous feature of prokaryotic existence. A bacteriophage is a virus which infects a bacterium. Archaea are also infected by viruses, whether these should be referred to as 'phages' is debatable, but they are included as such in the scope this article.
Clokie, MR +3 more
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Phage Cocktails and the Future of Phage Therapy
Future Microbiology, 2013 Viruses of bacteria, known as bacteriophages or phages, were discovered nearly 100 years ago. 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.
Benjamin K, Chan +2 more
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Microorganisms, 2022 Treatment of infections caused by bacteria has become more complex due to the increasing number of bacterial strains that are resistant to conventional antimicrobial therapy. A highly promising alternative appears to be bacteriophage (phage) therapy, in which natural predators of bacteria, bacteriophages, play a role.
Marek Straka +2 more
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Isolation and characterisation of Klebsiella phages for phage therapy [PDF]
PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research, 2020 Abstract Klebsiella is a clinically important pathogen causing a variety of antimicrobial resistant infections in both community and nosocomial settings, particularly pneumonia, urinary tract infection and sepsis. Bacteriophage (phage) therapy is being considered as a primary option for the treatment
Eleanor Townsend +12 more
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PHAGE Impact and the Impact of Phages
PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research, 2023 Martha, Clokie +1 more
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