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Cancer (malignant neoplasm) is a class of disease. There are malignancy properties that cancer cells have; 1. The diseased tissue grows uncontrollably, ignoring growth arrest signals, ...
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Bacteriophages may play an important role in competition among bacterial strains
Unique viruses called bacteriophages may play an important role in competition among bacterial strains, influencing the overall ecosystem of the human intestine, scientists at The University of Texas...
Bacteriophages Eradicate Bacteria On Medical Implant Materials
They're ba-ack! But in a new disease-fighting role. Viruses that infect and kill bacteria - used to treat infections in the pre-antibiotic era a century ago and in the former Soviet Union today - may...
Unique viruses called bacteriophages may play an important role in competition among bacterial strains, influencing the overall ecosystem of the human intestine, scientists at The University of Texas...
Cobra Biologics and Novolytics develop bacteriophages against infection
Development of new process increases upstream process yields 100-fold and offers a clear path forward to producing suitable GMP material for human clinical trials
11 June 2013: Cobra Biologics Ltd, the International clinical and commercial manufacturer of biologics and pharmaceuticals and Novolytics, a biotechnology company developing anti-infective products, ....
Researchers Identify Predator-Producing Bacteria
A team led by Lora V. Hooper, an associate professor of immunology and microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and including UT Arlington assistant professor of biology Jo...
Bacteriophages Recruited In The Fight Against Disease
Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics. In research published in the Proceedings...
Scientists Using Bacteriophages to Prevent Infections on Medical Implant Materials
Viruses that infect and kill bacteria — used to treat infections in the pre-antibiotic era a century ago — may have a new role in preventing formation of the sticky biofilms of bacteria responsibl...
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In recent years, Enterococcus faecalis has emerged as an important opportunistic nosocomial pathogen capable of causing dangerous infections. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop novel antiba...
The genera SPO1-like and Twort-like viruses in the subfamily Spounavirinae of the family Myoviridae have been newly proposed, with the reorganization of the SPO1-related bacteriophages (phages). A cri...
Complete Genome Sequences of Two Persicivirga Bacteriophages, P12024S and P12024L.
The phylum Bacteroidetes is one of the major bacterial phyla in marine environments, where bacteriophages are highly abundant. Bacteriophages infecting members of the phylum Bacteroidetes, however, ha...
Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are now the most commonly reported antibiotic-resistant bacterium in clinical settings. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop nove...
Bacteriophages as potential new therapeutics to replace or supplement antibiotics.
Over recent decades, a growing body of literature has validated the use of bacteriophages for therapy and prophylaxis in the war against drug-resistant bacteria. Today, much more is known about bacter...