Facing the global “superbug” crisis due to the emergence and selection for antibiotic
resistance, phages are among the most promising solutions. Fighting multidrug-resistant …

Bacteriophages (phages for short) are viruses, which have bacteria as hosts. The single
phage body virion, is a colloidal particle, often possessing a dipole moment. As such …

The antibacterial efficacy and specificity of lytic bacteriophages (phages) make them
promising therapeutics for treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Restricted …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), because of their dual plasmonic and catalytic functionalities,
are among the most promising nanomaterials for the development of therapeutic and …

In an era of antibiotic therapy crisis caused by spreading antimicrobial resistance, and when
recurrent urinary tract infections constitute a serious social and medical problem, the …

Living viruses characterized by distinctive biological functions including specific targeting,
gene invasion, immune modulation, and so forth have been receiving intensive attention …

Bacteriophage-based applications have a renaissance today, increasingly marking their use
in industry, medicine, food processing, biotechnology, and more. However, phages are …

Virus cross-infection via surfaces poses a serious threat to public health. Inspired by natural
sulfated polysaccharides and antiviral peptides, we prepared multivalent virus blocking …

Little is known about interactions of non-filamentous, complex-structured lytic phages and
free, non-ordered nanoparticles. Emerging questions about their possible bio-sanitization co …

We have learned from the recent COVID-19 pandemic that the emergence of a new virus
can quickly become a global health burden and kill millions of lives. Antiviral drugs are …