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🧬 Temporary Pause on The Phage Therapy

- October 26, 2025

🧬 Temporary Pause on The Phage Therapy Dear readers, Due to important academic deadlines for part of our team, activity on thephagetherapy.blogspot.com, will be temporarily paused. We’ll resume posting in mid-December , with fresh articles and deeper insights into phage research and applications. In the meantime, take this opportunity to revisit our previous articles — they’re full of exciting content about phage therapy, current research, and new developments in the field. Thank you for your understanding and continued support 💫 — The Phage Therapy Team Photo taken from : https://teachlikeachampion.org/blog/pause-points-a-clip-from-sara-sherrs-online-classroom/

T4 bacteriophage viruses. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of T4 bacteriophage viruses (yellow) attacking an Escherichia coli bacterium. Each phage consists of a large DNA-containing head and a tail composed of a central sheath with several fibres. The fibres attach to the host cell surface, and the phage DNA is injected into the cell through the sheath. The phage DNA hijacks the bacterium's own cellular machinery, forcing it to produce more copies of the bacteriophage (progeny, in cell). When a sufficient number have been produced, the phages burst out of the cell, killing it.