Acute graft-versus-host disease occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient's tissues after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Researchers recently identified a ...

An experimental treatment using viruses to kill bacteria gave a mother more months of life and furthered knowledge to help future patients, researchers report in a recent case study. It was a ...

After years of dealing with a recurrent, drug-resistant, bacterial blood infection, a patient agreed to try phage therapy. Within 24 hours of receiving phage therapy, the patient’s blood infection had ...

In this false-color micrograph, a bacteriophage (orange) attaches to the membrane of a bacterial cell (blue). [UC San Diego Health Sciences] Bacteriophages are viruses that target and kill specific ...

Keeping root canals free of harmful biofilms is problematic at best. A new review article in the Journal of Oral Microbiology (September 16, 2016) points a way toward a new and safer treatment ...

Identification of bacteriophage-derived enzyme and its antibacterial activity can contribute to novel therapies that target biofilm-forming bacteria and help in the treatment against acute ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 14, 2024 – It was a last-ditch effort. For years doctors had tried to keep a patient’s recurrent drug-resistant bacterial blood infection at bay, but it kept coming back and ...