Tag: antibiotics

The discovery of antibiotics in the 1920s has contributed to longer and healthier lives, and they are now being used more widely than ever before....

Winter is well and truly on its way. For many, this conjures up images of log fires, mistletoe and festive feasts. But it can...

With increase in antibiotic resistance in disease causing bacteria it is increasingly becoming difficult to combat infections. Consequently alternate treatment like phage therapy may gain back its lost importance. Like any other organisms cell gets infected by bacteria, bacterial cells can be also attacked by carefully selected specific virus called bacteriophages (phage shortly). These phages act by killing bacteria by incorporating them in their lifecycle.