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Paired bacterial and viral metagenomes from the guts of 49 individual honeybees, with a phage-bacteria interaction network built from CRISPR spacer matches and genome homology, show that viral and bacterial diversity are correlated, particu

The Centre of Biological Engineering at the University of Minho is leading the establishment of a Laboratory for the Production of Therapeutic Phages to address antibiotic resistance. University of Minho / CEB

The European Medicines Agency's draft guideline on quality aspects of phage therapy medicinal products (EMA/CHMP/BWP/1/2024) clarifies the regulatory expectations for quality documentation of bacteriophage active substances and finished pro

A team of Imperial scientists from Life Sciences and Medicine has received approximately £2.7 million through a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award to study capsid-forming phage-inducible chromosomal islands (cf-PICIs), which release tail-less c

Cytophage Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement. Cytophage News Releases

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration consulted on a proposed time-limited GMP exemption for manufacturers of personalised bacteriophage therapy products, which are currently supplied as unapproved goods under the Special Access Sche

Baylor University will partner with academic and industry investigators on MIGHTY, a five-year initiative funded up to $28 million by ARPA-H. The project aims to develop a precision phage platform, starting with oral health. Aaron Wright wi

Cytophage Announces the Commercialization of OvaPhage in Canada Through W.L.T. Distributors Inc. Cytophage News Releases

We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in the USA. This is a pan-resistant strain. Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain

A phage cocktail targeting Erwinia amylovora, the cause of fire blight, greatly reduced pathogen numbers and disease symptoms in inoculated pear flowers without significantly altering the resident floral microbiome (Holtappels, Wu, Koskella

Project coordinator Esme discussed using phage therapy to treat urinary tract infections with Melissa Kramer of Live UTI Free. The Phage Collection Project

The first Phage Protein Meeting brought the global community together on September 10–11, 2025, to discuss phage proteins in biocontrol and diagnostics, including clinical data on phage lysins and routes toward clinical use. Ghent, Belgium

Paris-based Phagos has raised a €25 million Series A co-led by CapAgro, Hoxton Ventures, CapHorn and Demeter. The funds will go to deploying its veterinary phage treatments in the field, developing the next generation of its AI phage-discov

Postdoctoral position: microbial functional genomics at University at Buffalo (SUNY), Huang Lab in Buffalo, NY, USA The Huang Lab aims to advance our understanding of the gut microbiota at the molecular level by studying functions important

Felix Croteau (McMaster University) and colleagues published a new paper on phage environmental DNA enhancing CRISPR adaptation, showing that free phage DNA in lysates increases phage-insensitive mutant generation through natural competence

Science Careers and Opportunities in Policy and Education (SCOPE) is a new non-profit, peer-led community focused on networking, educational, and leadership opportunities to help scientists (and future scientists) engage with science policy

Samuel King (Arc Institute) and colleagues published a new preprint on generative design of phage genomes using language models. Their AI model, built from Evo1 and Evo2 (millions of genomes across life), fine tuned on 15,000 Microviridae

Science journalist Thomas Häusler has created a 25-minute documentary about phage therapy. Commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, it has been just released on their YouTube channel. The film tells the story of a patient wit

Satheesh Nair (UK Health Security Agency) and colleagues published a new paper on genomic characterization of phage-plasmids in Enterobacteriaceae, showing these elements are present in 9% of E. coli/Shigella and 2% of Salmonella genomes, o

Mary Eliza (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany) and colleagues published a new paper exploring the influence of a prophage on two different strains of rhizobia during their symbiosis with legumes. They show that while in o