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The 5th World Congress on Targeting Infectious Diseases – Phage Therapy & Antibiotic Resistance will gather more than 200 international attendees coming from industries, start-up and universities working on all infectious diseases related fields.   The audience of Phage Therapy 2018 will be composed by attendees coming from all around the world. Among the participants:…

Therapy with phages, instead of antibiotics, is a highly promising option in aquaculture to control the transfer of bacteria that cause important losses or which may be harmful to consumers. Use of these organisms, which infect and destroy bacteria, would significantly reduce the environmental impact of fish farms, whilst increasing their profitability by lowering mortality…

During Targeting Phage & Antibiotic Resistance Conference 2017, Dr Nzakizwanayo from School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, United Kingdom will talk about “Development of Infection-responsive surface coatings for bacteriophage delivery in the catheterised urinary tract”. According to Dr Nzakizwanayo: “Indwelling urethral catheters (IUC) are widely used for long-term bladder management but are often…

Dr. Mariagrazia Di Luca from the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Hospital, Berlin, Germany was invited to give a presentation during Florence Targeting Phage & Antibiotic Resistance Congress 2017. Her presentation will present the role of the lytic bacteriophages in the treatment of biofilm-forming bacteria involved in prosthetic joint infections. According to Dr Di Luca, the infections…