Sentences with phrase «on phage»

Human Antibodies From V - Gene Libraries Displayed on Phage», Journal of Molecular Biology, 222: 581 - 597, 1991.

Marcello Maresca (Stewart, TUD)-- «Fundamental and applied studies on phage mediated recombination» (2007)

«Killing time: Study sheds light on phages and precision cell destruction: Mathematical model of key intracellular events.»

USDAs new research on phages to disinfect fruits and vegetables already shows great promise, Leverentz says.

Their activity outside the chromosomes has been poorly studied; most research has focused on phages integrated into bacterial chromosomes.

This study focused on phages.

Not exact matches

Phages identify and grab bacteria using proteins on their leglike tail fibers, which form a strong bond with compounds on the bacterial cell surface.

Because phages are naturally found on fruits and vegetables and do not affect the odor, taste, safety or appearance of foods, scientists are investigating whether these «bacteria - eaters» could have an expanded role in promoting food safety.

For example, phages are useful for selectively decontaminating cheese — a food that relies heavily on the presence of beneficial bacteria for its flavor.

Treating food with phages is not, however, an entirely novel idea: in the United States, a phage product already on the market is sprayed on raw food products to prevent Listeria bacteria growth.

To the best of Skurnik's knowledge, corresponding studies on the application of phages in food treatment have not been conducted anywhere prior to this.

Research focused on the utilisation of viruses that infect and kill bacteria, known as bacteriophages or phages, in preventing infectious diseases has gained new traction after bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a global problem.

Each strain of phage is highly targeted and has evolved to home in on specific bacteria, which means a precise match between prey and predator is necessary for any phage - based treatment to be effective.

Phages would require a less traditional approach to get official approval, such as the annual process for influenza vaccines in which manufacturers secure approval of new formulas based on the flu bug that is going around that year, instead of conducting big clinical trials every time.

Her team is working on identifying hardier strains of phages that might quash them.

For instance, phage disinfection does nt work well on acidic foods, such as apples or, presumably, tomatoes.

Still, since then, phage therapy research has only puttered along on a small scale.

In one experiment, the ARS researchers inoculated melon slices with a million Salmonella and then spritzed on a flavorfree solution containing 100 million Salmonella - targeting phages.

On other fronts, Camilli's lab is busily figuring out how the cholera - fighting phages — called ICP1 — did their genetic sleight of hand.

«Whilst regulated phage therapy may take some time, it has been highly successful in recent «compassionate» cases where patients» lives were on the line,» said Dr. Forde.

Related sites Web site for the Department of Energy program that supports Venter and other genome - related projects Series of lectures on the biology of phages (PDF)

The fusion protein produced on inducing a lysogen of one phage bound to a monomeric octamer probe.

The Phage, a 100 - plus - member «theme camp,» hosts nightly talks on topics ranging from stem cells to 3 - D modeling.

And then, using data collected by other scientists on three predator - prey pairs — mink - muskrat, gyrfalcon - rock ptarmigan and phage - Vibrio cholerae — they show how their theory could explain unexpected population cycles.

«As bacteria's natural enemies, their potential as sources for ways to kill bacteria should have been thoroughly explored long ago, but it is only now, with the emerging worldwide crisis in antibiotic resistance, that phages are finally getting attention in their own right,» Ing - Nang Wang, another co-author on the report, remarks.

This disparity shows that phages can kill harmful bacteria, Barr says, but it's not clear whether they help or hurt beneficial bacteria; that may depend on which types of phages are present.

To overcome these limitations, researchers developed a nanoencapsulation system using liposome capsules and applied them to the three aforementioned virulent bacteriophages in order to compare the effects of liposome - encapsulated phages and nonencapsulated phages on the concentration of Salmonella in model broiler chickens experimentally contaminated with the bacteria.

Based on the genetic blueprint, these bacterial cells then produce all the components of the desired phage and ensure that the virus particles are assembled correctly.

The impact of the microbiota on bone marrow transplantation in mice, differences in phage infection efficiency in nearly identical hosts, bacterial diversity of Brazilian artisanal cheese.

Together with CSL we embarked on a collaborative project aiming to identify novel antibodies to target melanoma cells using phage display technology.

Young's research focuses on bacterial viruses, also known as bacteriophage or phage.

Dr. Susan Golden, distinguished professor in the division of biological sciences, molecular biology section at the University of California San Diego, wrote in a support letter, «The fundamental research carried out by Ry's lab over the years underpins so much of modern phage biology that it's difficult to imagine what the state of the field would be in his absence — undoubtedly poorer and perhaps non-existent — as he persevered during years and even decades when phage biology was viewed by many as passe and only a few labs carried on.»

Young worked with fellow researchers across the country to use phage treatment to save the life of Dr. Tom Patterson, a professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, who while on a trip to Egypt became infected with a multi-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii, a deadly pathogen.

But if you're just doing a run on the milk probiotics, and there's no phage and — and there's dairy in there, potentially, then there may be a problem.