For the first time, researchers at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Massey University and Nanophage Technologies, have mapped out what a commonly-used form of phage looks like. Their ...

New insights into the structure of phages will enable researchers to develop new uses for the viruses in biotechnology. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria, which enables them to be exploited as ...

Although much effort has been expended on evaluating recombinant proteins and synthetic peptides as immunogens, they have generally proved incapable of inducing an efficient cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) ...

The authors thank the staff at the Kansai International Airport quarantine station for providing the V. parahaemolyticus strains used in this study. Dr. Iida is an associate professor in the ...

Recent studies reported the design of a new generation of phage-based particles for targeted systemic gene delivery, which consist of the packaging of a recombinant rAAV2 DNA by coat proteins of a ...

When a person receives a cancer diagnosis, treatment can often include chemotherapy. This method of treating cancer also can affect healthy cells. But what if there was a drug on the market that, ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IONTAS Limited (IONTAS), a leader in the discovery and optimisation of fully human antibodies, announced its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, John McCafferty ...

In the early and mid-1980s, scientists used phages to express recombinant proteins. The protein was retained inside the virions, so screening required growing viral plaques, creating a stamp of these ...

The term lysogenic refers to the ability of bacteriophages to assume a dormant state, referred to as a prophage, in the bacterial cell. Lysogeny is characterised by the integration of the viral DNA ...

Researchers have mapped out what a commonly-used form of phage looks like, which will help design better uses in future. New insights into the structure of phages will enable researchers to develop ...