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A recent re-estimation of annual deaths caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) has come up with a number almost 7 times higher than the CDC estimate made in 2010. This suggests a need for better surveillance and reporting systems fo

Karin Moelling et al. published a paper this week in Viruses calling for urgent changes in regulation to allow phage therapy to proceed for patients in need. The authors are also championing a petition for the cause — learn more at http://p

Tobi Nagel, founder and president of the nonprofit Phages for Global Health, was selected as a 2018 Moonshot Fellow by the Kravis Leadership Institute. The award recognizes leaders of innovative initiatives that positively impact the lives

PhagoMed, a Vienna-based phage therapy company, was just awarded a Phoenix Award. The award honours young and successful companies that serve as role models for high-class research and entrepreneurship in Austria. Congratulations!

The European Research Council just released the results of its Consolidator Grants 2018 competition, and two prominent phage research labs have been funded! Many congratulations to the labs of Rob Lavigne of KU Leuven, who will tap into pha

A new paper by Gerlach et al. shows that a phage gene can help MRSA evade immune defenses. See also this commentary on the paper.

Another mini phage therapy documentary is out! This one was made by Freethink, is 12 min long, and documents the amazing story of "Paige's Phages" – Pseudomonas phages from Ben Chan's lab at Yale helped a young woman regain her deterioratin

Kathryn Kauffman and Martin Polz of MIT have developed new ways of streamlining phage propagation and titration methods to save us all time and materials. You can also find the protocols here on Protocols.io!

A group of students from the Technical University of Munich won second prize in the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition for their work creating a cell-free phage propagation system called Phactory. Amazing w

We are actively seeking Klebsiella phages for a patient. If you have Klebsiella phages, please get in touch with us ASAP. Please spread the word!

Buzzfeed made an excellent mini documentary on phage therapy (~15 min), and it’s on Netflix! It’s part of a series called “Follow This” and it features both Ben Chan and Steffanie Strathdee.

Another US patient has been successfully treated with phages. This is thanks to Ben Chan at Yale, who found, prepared and provided the phages for a 23-year-old woman with Cystic Fibrosis.

Martha Clokie has an exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity to work on soil phages in collaboration with APS Biocontrol Ltd. Apply by Jan. 6, 2019.

If you’d like to support a woman’s phage therapy treatment at the Eliava Phage Therapy Center in Tbilisi, Georgia, you can donate here.

It's World Antibiotic Awareness Week! This is a WHO campaign to educate the public about antimicrobial resistance. The Wellcome Trust is bringing together 300 scientists, politicians, civil society and industry leaders and academics to talk

33,000: the number of deaths in Europe caused by antibiotic-resistant infections in 2015. Surprisingly, this new study found that 1/3 of these deaths were in Italy.

How much should we worry about phage-induced spreading of antibiotic resistance? This review by Clara Torres-Barceló lays out some contrasting viewpoints and data on the matter.

How big is the market for bacteriophage products? One group estimates that number to be $567.9 million USD.

A high school sci-comm intern at the Innovative Genomics Institute developed Phage Invaders, a game where you control Cas9 to defend the city of Bacterium against viral infection. Try it here! Also, Jennifer Doudna is challenging others to

Save the date! The 23rd biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting will be held in Olympia, WA Aug. 4-9, 2019. The organizers are in the process of selecting ~20 invited keynote speakers. Nominate speakers until Sept. 30! Please includ