Sentences with phrase «phage infection»

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In other words, the phage infection is self - limiting.

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Patients in danger of dying from uncontrollable bacterial infections could find new allies: killer viruses known as phages.

«We can sequence a phage quickly and say, this is the exact DNA sequence we want,» says Paul Grint, CEO of AmpliPhi Biosciences, a startup that is concocting combinations of phages in advance to treat bacterial infections like Staphylococcus aureus.

«Phage have been used as an alternative to antibiotics for decades in eastern European countries, particularly for treatment of urinary tract infections,» said corresponding author Catherine Putonti, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioinformatics, Loyola University, Chicago.

The antibiotic, Epimerox, targets weaknesses in bacteria that have long been exploited by viruses that attack them, known as phage, and has even been shown to protect animals from fatal infection by Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax.

There was some variation in the abundance of phages from healthy bladders vs. those isolated from women with symptoms of urinary tract infections.

Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria, shows promise for treating antibiotic - resistant bacterial infections.

The comeback of antibiotic - resistant infections «would dramatically alter the practice of medicine,» says microbiologist Alexander Sulakvelidze, a phage expert at the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

A handful of desperate Americans — struggling with treatment - resistant infections, diabetic ulcers or other chronic wounds — have journeyed to a clinic in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the «phage miracle cure.»

It might be possible to follow up phage therapy with antibiotics and completely wipe out an infection.

In 2006, Intralytix secured FDA approval for ListShield, a cocktail of six phages that is sprayed onto ready - to - eat meat and poultry (like you'd find at the deli counter) to control Listeria, which can cause a serious infection (Listeriosis) that has a 20 percent fatality rate.

Oral phage therapy has demonstrated to be a feasible and effective tool in the control of infections caused by different bacterial pathogens.

Phages, shown here surrounding and attacking a bacterial cell, are part of a newly discovered type of immunity that protects mucus - covered human tissue from bacterial infection.

For example, specially targeted phages have been suggested as a possible therapy for conditions like cystic fibrosis, which is caused by frequent bacterial lung infections.

Also presented are possible alternative approaches to tackling infections, such as phages (viruses that kill bacteria) sourcing new antibiotic leads from oceans, soils and host - associated microbiomes in humans, komodo dragons and leafcutter ants.