279: A Road Map For Successful Phage Therapy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TWiM describes successful phage therapy against a mycobacterial lung infection, and how encapsulation of the cell wall protects S. pneumoniae</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">from its major peptidoglycan hydrolase and host defenses.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiM.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00471-8?rss=yes"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Phage therapy</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">against</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">M. abscessus</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">lung infection (Cell)</span></li> <li><a href= "https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010516"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Encapsulation of the septal cell wall</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">protects</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">S. pneumoniae</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">from host defenses (PLoS Path)</span></li> <li><a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twim/twim-279-letters/(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Letters read</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on TWiM 279</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music used on TWiM is by</span> <a href="http://ronaldjenkees.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ronald Jenkees</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Send your microbiology questions and comments to twim@microbe.tv</span></p>