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Prof Martha Clokie
A talk on the research into bacteriophages, or phages, at the University of Leicester. A large set of phages that effectively kill Clostridium difficile (C. diff) has been identified. This is a bacterium that can infect the bowel and cause diarrhoea. Phages could become a routine treatment in future for pneumonia, sepsis, diarrhoea and diabetic foot ulcers.
Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology, is leading the fight against antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. Working with an industrial partner, Enbiotix, treatment using phages is now being developed into a therapeutic. Martha is currently applying the same principles to look at other debilitating diseases. She is determining the impact of phages on bacteria in the gut, investigating how phages can be used to target Lyme disease, and developing phages to target Salmonella in animals. The end goal is to use these phages to formulate new antimicrobials that will kill these infections once and for all. All welcome - admission free .
Tea & biscuits. Donations welcome.  |
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