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Nicholas Smith will lead nuclear imaging and phage pharmacokinetics research and the pharmacology and modelling core at Stanford’s $9.5 million Center for Phage Pharmaceuticals. The NIAID-funded work focuses on optimizing respiratory phage

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

Ortal Yerushalmy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and colleagues published a new paper on phage susceptibility diversity in CF Burkholderia isolates, showing mixed populations of phage-sensitive and phage-resistant Burkholderia in 75% of CF

Cristian Crisan (Emory University) and colleagues published a new paper on phages lysing cystic fibrosis S. maltophilia isolates, describing isolation both specialist and generalist phages that infect diverse S. maltophilia strains.

W. Borges (Yale University) and colleagues published a new abstract on personalized phage therapy for cystic fibrosis, showing an LPS-5 and TIVP-H6 phage cocktail decreased P. aeruginosa biofilm formation and reduced IL-6 secretion for 15 d

Jagdev Singh (The Children's Hospital at Westmead) and colleagues published a new paper on safety of bronchoscopic and nebulised phage administration, showing no adverse events and improved lung function in two adolescents with cystic fibro

Hanzada Nour El-Din (National Research Council Canada) and colleagues published a new paper on isolation and characterization of phages against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients, showing four phages with broad host range

University of Liverpool is hiring a PhD student, to study phage therapy delivery strategies for cystic fibrosis lung infections, balancing host responses and therapeutic efficacy.

Dr Andrew Millard and Prof M Clokie (U Leicester, UK) are hiring a postdoc to focus on the selection of phages for therapeutic use in cystic fibrosis-associated Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.

Elizabeth Burgener (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles) and colleagues published a new paper on how Pf phage impacts cystic fibrosis patients, with Pseudomonas infections, showing high Pf in sputum is associated with lung function decline a

The University of Liverpool is hiring a PhD student to optimize phage therapy for cystic fibrosis lung infections by studying biofilms and phage-host dynamics.

David Pride, Douglas Conrad (UC San Diego) and Daria Van Tyne (University of Pittsburgh) received a $1,487,500 research grant from Emily's Entourage, a CF nonprofit to launch a phage clinical trial for combatting CF infections.

Mark Grevsen Martinet (Jena University Hospital/Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany) and colleagues have published a preprint on how temperate Pf-like phages induced in P. aeruginosa biofilms can modulate phage and antibiotic resistance,

IPATH is calling for labs to help find Achromobacter phages for an upcoming clinical trial for cystic fibrosis with phage therapy, inviting contributions and further information via email at ipath@health.ucsd.edu.

Qingquan (Kevin) Chen (Stanford University) and colleagues have demonstrated that filamentous Pf phages of P. aeruginosa hinder antibiotic diffusion through CF sputum via electrostatic binding.

Stephanie Lynch (University of Sydney) and colleagues published the results of a survey on clinical needs and attitudes towards phage therapy among the cystic fibrosis community. The study highlights a significant reliance on antibiotics am

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your

We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France Ways to help at this stage: - By sending your phages for testing on the patient's strains - By receiving the patient's strain and testing your