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April 2, 2025
Bacteriophage therapy for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in humanized mice
In this study we show that Mtb infected mice treated with the bacteriophage DS6A showed increased body weight and improved pulmonary function relative to control mice. This finding suggests that bacteriophages may be an effective therapeutic treatment for Mtb infections.
Published in Communications Biology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06006-x
- Zubaida and Jonathan included as coauthors on “Structure of Human adenovirus 7 virus-like particles, a platform for developing nanotherapeutics and studying capsid assembly” appearing in PNAS.
- “A chemostat-based model for growing bacterial biofilms” is published in Microbiology Spectrum
- “Risk of infection due to airborne virus in classroom environments lacking mechanical ventilation” published in PLoS One
- Bacteriophage therapy for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in humanized mice
- New publication on wastewater epidemiology
