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Infections that antibiotics can no longer treat, the motivating problem for phage-based approaches described in the source.
Monash and Warwick researchers report a bacterial antibiotic starves the invasive hyphal form of glucose, pointing antifungal discovery at virulence rather than viability.
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EMBL Heidelberg reports in Nature that T7 phage phosphorylates nearly the whole E. coli proteome within minutes, disabling defence systems that work by different mechanisms.
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AI-designed bacteriophages beat antibiotic-resistant E. coli. New Zealand's gene technology framework is 30 years old, its replacement is stalled in Cabinet, and the design layer sits between regimes.
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A Lancet Public Health analysis finds high-income countries consuming the drugs for resistant infections while lower-income countries hold over 80% of estimated global need without access.
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A survey of nearly 1,500 people found 88 percent believe a course must always be completed, and three quarters say a medical professional told them so. Duration guidance has since narrowed.
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A Science paper from Stanford reports an AI-designed phage genome that produced a functioning virus. Predicting which phage infects which bacterium is still posed as an open question.
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