#bacteriophages — Public Fediverse posts

Un #modèle d’ #IA a créé 16 #virus #bactériophages : une avancée #scientifique majeure qui relance le débat sur le risque des #armes #biologiques

https://www.usine-digitale.fr/recherche/un-modele-dia-a-cree-16-virus-bacteriophages-une-avancee-scientifique-majeure-qui-relance-le-debat-sur-le-risque-des-armes-biologiques.57ICIO4F7FCXDI2VODWRRCRDX4.html

#Bacteriophages infecting #Klebsiella show capsule specificity that strongly shapes host range. @rafalmostowy &co reveal diverse prophage-encoded receptor-binding enzymes, including esterases, that drive capsule tropism @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/48z4DdE

Identification of a small #chemical molecule that actively inhibits #bacterial immune defenses, enabling #bacteriophages to successfully infect and destroy #bacteria that would otherwise resist #viral attack.
#Biochemistry #Microbiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/bchm02042601.html

In the German science program Quarks, Bärbel Stecher, professor of #IntestinalMicrobiome, explains how #bacteriophages target specific bacteria and their relevance for #AntibioticResistance and the #GutMicrobiome. Watch now: http://go.tum.de/112324

📷A.Eckert

#AI can now design functional #viruses - not the computer kind, either
Inject this synthetic #phage into #Ecoli and it kills better than the real thing
#Bacteriophages, are viruses that infect bacteria, have been widely studied since their discovery in the early 20th century. The end result of the AI portion of the project was a pool of 302 candidate #genomes, 285 of which were able to generate full genomes. Of those, 16 were found to inhibit growth of E. coli #bacteria.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/researchers_just_created_a_working/

Big Picture Science for Sep. 29, 2025: Not Just a Phage

REPEAT
We’re hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Can we fight back using viruses as weapons? An obscure medical therapy uses certain viruses called bacteriophages to treat infection. For a century attempts to turn phage-therapy into a life-saving treatment have faltered, but today there’s renewed interest in this approach. Can we use phages to forestall the antibiotic crisis?

Guests:

* Claas Kirchhelle – Medical historian at the University College, Dublin
* Tom Ireland – Journalist, editor of The Biologist and author of “The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage”
* Steffanie Strathdee – Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego
* Tom Patterson – Professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego

Originally aired August 12, 2024

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#Antibiotics #Bacteria #Bacteriophages #BigPictureScience #SETI #News #Podcast #Science

Could animal poo help fight drug‑resistant infections? | @Reuters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m406j4coRzs
#news #NoShit #biology #disease #bacteriophages #feces #disease #infection #prevention #cures #treatments

Phage display (Microbiology 🦠)

Phage display is a laboratory technique for the study of protein–protein, protein–peptide, and protein–DNA interactions that uses bacteriophages to connect proteins with the genetic information that encodes them. In this technique, a gene encoding a protein of interest is inserted into a phage coat protein gene, causing the phage to "di...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_display

#PhageDisplay #Microbiology #Bacteriophages #MolecularBiology #DisplayTechniques

2-Apr-2025
The first case of #phageTherapy for biliary tract infection caused by #superbugs

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079259 #science #medicine #microbiology #bacteriophages

How does the lysogenic-lytic cycle work in intestinal #bacteriophages? @dbikard &co show that hankyphage produces defective viral particles & identify RepCHP as master repressor of this #phage's lytic cycle #plosbiology https://plos.io/41Rr22S

Fighting #bacteria with #viruses: Important step to treating #antibiotic-resistant infections.

#bacteriophages

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bacteria-viruses-important-antibiotic-resistant.html

Bacteria pass down their memories to fight viruses

https://www.earth.com/news/bacteria-pass-down-their-memories-to-fight-viruses/

#science #biology #microbiology #bacteria #genetics #viruses #bacteriophages #phages #crispr

"A century-old treatment that uses viruses to attack bacteria was successfully used in 2024 to save the life of a Singapore General Hospital (SGH) patient who had exhausted all care options for an antibiotic-resistant infection.

This made her the first patient in South-east Asia to benefit from phage therapy"

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/century-old-therapy-used-to-treat-sgh-patient-with-antibiotic-resistant-infection

#Bacteriophages #Health #Medicine #Singapore #Bacteria #PhageTherapy

#BREX system's unique #DNA_recognition mechanism enhances #bacterial #antiviral defense.

#bacteriophages #methyltransferase

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-brex-unique-dna-recognition-mechanism.html

New publication: Novel #bacteriophages targeting wheat #phyllosphere bacteria carry #DNAmodifications and single-strand breaks. #genomics #biodiversity

"Knowing how more than one kind of phage can survive over time on a single bacterium could help in designing next-generation phage cocktails," said Nora Pyenson, PhD. "For example, each phage species might attack the bacterium in a different part of its lifecycle, enabling the whole population to be killed before resistance to the treatment evolves."

#bacteriophages #bacteria #microbiology #virus #virology #CellBiology #biology #naure #science #research

https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28227/researchers-reveal-bacterium-play-host-phages

Operations Manager

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_host_interaction #bacteriophages #lab_management #operations #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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Phage Scientist

ePhective

ePhective (San Francisco), a newly founded phage therapy company started by Joe Bondy-Denomy & Zemer Gitai, is looking for 2 Phage Scientists.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/ephective-27778-phage-scientist/?feed_id=87350

#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_pathogenesis #bacterial_host_interaction #bacteriology #bacteriophages #ScienceJobs #hiring #resea...
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Operations Manager

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_host_interaction #bacteriophages #lab_management #operations #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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Bioinformatician

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacteriophages #bioinformatics #therapeutic_targets #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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Research Associate

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_pathogenesis #bacteriophages #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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OK, I admit. This new #Kurzgesagt video is really great.

Kurzgesagt: *Why Scientists Are Puzzled By This Virus*

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SbvAaDN1bpE

#bacteriophages #viruses #bacteria #GutMicrobiota #GutFlora #cancer #ImmuneSystem

Phage Scientist

ePhective

ePhective (San Francisco), a newly founded phage therapy company started by Joe Bondy-Denomy & Zemer Gitai, is looking for 2 Phage Scientists.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/ephective-27778-phage-scientist/?feed_id=82438

#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_pathogenesis #bacterial_host_interaction #bacteriology #bacteriophages #ScienceJobs #hiring #resea...
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Bioinformatician

ePhective

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacteriophages #bioinformatics #therapeutic_targets #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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Bioinformatician

ePhective

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacteriophages #bioinformatics #therapeutic_targets #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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Operations Manager

ePhective

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#bacterial_and_viral_infection #bacterial_host_interaction #bacteriophages #lab_management #operations #ScienceJobs #hiring #research
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