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UK-based phage biotech company Fixed Phage has changed its name to NexaBiome Limited, to reflect its new focus as an end-to-end phage company in the human and animal health sectors.

Marion Bichet (Monash University, Australia) and colleagues found that phage T4 can enhance growth and survival of mammalian cells, shedding light on the potential symbiotic interactions between phages and their hosts.

In an analysis published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, Guilhem Faure (National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH) and colleagues delve into the intricate relationship between CRISPR–Cas systems and mobile genetic elements.

Researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County describe two satellite-helper phage systems infecting Streptomyces species, which they call the first examples of bacteriophage satellite viruses. The Flayer satellite does not appe

The 2023 PhageScope paper describes a database with 873,718 phage sequences and annotations for genome completeness, hosts, lifestyle, taxonomy and genetic elements, plus automated analyses and visualizations. Oxford Academic

Lund University researchers used contrast-matching small-angle neutron scattering to show that DNA packaged in the phage λ capsid undergoes a density and volume transition in the core as temperature rises from 20 °C to 40 °C, close to the p

Workshop on personalized phage therapy: from lab to the patient - Join the 2nd edition of this exciting workshop Nov 30-Dec 2 in Brussels, Belgium hosted by BSVoM and coordinated by Dr. Jean-Paul Pirnay, Dr. Maya Merabishvilli, and Dr. Tea

Atif Khan has created a Whatsapp channel for phage updates, providing researchers with the latest news and information about phages.

Jan Zheng is chairing a series of AI and infectious diseases talks at Westmead Health Precinct, Sydney, Australia Nov 6-7, as part of the The Short Course in Critical Infection.

Michele Mutti and colleagues at BioNTech discovered that the activity of anti-staphylococcal phages is severely impaired in plasma or synovial fluid, hindering their potential as an alternative treatment for S. aureus infections inside the

Shawna McCallin and colleagues from ESGNTA-ESCMID study group published an overview of the current status and emerging use of phage therapy and phage-based products, as well as the socioeconomic and regulatory issues surrounding their devel

Rafael Gonzalez-Serrano (Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain) and colleagues have discovered that distantly related Alteromonas mediterranea phages shares its host recognition module with phages from distantly related families, shedding lig

Giada Finocchio (University of Zurich) and colleagues have discovered the target DNA-dependent activation mechanism of the prokaryotic immune system SPARTA, shedding light on the structural architecture and catalytic activation of the syste

Tomoyoshi Kaneko (Waseda University, Tokyo) and colleagues isolated 28 phages infecting E. coli and evaluated factors like lysis activity, adsorption rate and burst size. They found that variation in lysis onset time and duration was higher

Stanford researchers show that the temperate filamentous phage Pf4 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is decorated with outer membrane vesicles whose short RNAs trigger TLR3-dependent type I interferon production and suppress antibacterial cytokines

Monash University researchers applied highly purified phage T4 to mammalian cells in vitro and found it was rapidly internalized into macropinosomes without activating the TLR9 or cGAS-STING DNA-sensing pathways. T4 instead activated AKT-de

Researchers at Skoltech report the full genome sequence and virion protein content of Escherichia coli phage BF23, a close relative of T5 that was isolated in the mid-twentieth century. BF23 resists Types I/II/III restriction-modification s

Singapore University of Technology and Design researchers combined M13-conjugated polyethylene glycol with tungsten disulfide nanosheets to build a Phage-based Digital Biomolecular Sensor (P-DBS) for MCF-7 cancer cells. The sensor reached a

The Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at University of Maryland is recruiting healthy volunteers for an investigational Shigella challenge study to evaluate the effectiveness of phages in treating Shigella infections. Volunte

Phage Futures: Global Digital Summit is happening October 25, 2023, and will focus on accelerating the translation of phages into viable therapeutics and commercial solutions. Book your free pass here!