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Realizing phage therapy in the UK - Nature Microbiology

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By Michael A Brockhurst, Joanne L Fothergill, Stineke Van Houte, Edze R. Westra
| Nature Verified
On 25 November 2025, the international phage therapy research and biotechnology communities gathered in Liverpool, UK, to discuss progress in implementing clinical phage therapies and the latest technological breakthroughs in phage biology and engineering, while UK regulators and health agencies provided the latest guidance. You have full access to this article via your institution.
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Disruption of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing influences biofilm formation without affecting antibiotic tolerance

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By Andrew Matthews, Edze R. Westra, Rafael Custódio, Elvina Smith
| Microbiology Research
Article metrics loading... /content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001557 Download as PowerPoint /deliver/fulltext/micro/171/4/mic001557.html?itemId=/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001557&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah References Michael CA, Dominey-Howes D, Labbate M. The antimicrobial resistance crisis: causes, consequences, and management. Front Public Health 2014; 2:145 [View Article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Aljeldah MM. Antimicrobial resistance and its spread is a global threat.
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Phage defence system abundances vary across environments and increase with viral density

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By Sean Meaden, Edze R. Westra, Peter C. Fineran
| BioRxiv
Abstract The defence systems bacteria use to protect themselves from their viruses are mechanistically and genetically diverse. Yet the ecological conditions that predict when defences are selected for remain unclear, as substantial variation in defence prevalence has been reported. Experimental work in simple communities suggests ecological factors can determine when specific defence systems are most beneficial, but applying these findings to complex communities has been challenging.
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