The new year means a new principle investigator for the Ralstonia Phage project. Original lead Ville Friman has returned to his native Finland after 12 years in the UK. He joins the University of Helsinki as Professor of Microbiology. Ville …
By Bryden Fields, Research Associate on the Ralstonia Phage project Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Phages can have very specific host ranges and we can harness this specificity to kill certain bacterial strains whilst leaving other …
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