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Actiphage use as a DIVA test

Actiphage optimised to detect MAP in humans and to support use as ‘DIVA’

June 1, 2022
This is the first time Actiphage has been used to detect MAP in a human blood sample and also to identify a live infection in a vaccinated goat.
Actiphage use as a DIVA test

Actiphage optimised to detect MAP in humans and to support use as ‘DIVA’

June 1, 2022
This is the first time Actiphage has been used to detect MAP in a human blood sample and also to...
ECCMID

Actiphage TB diagnostic finds live mycobacterium tuberculosis in the blood of people with incipient TB

April 23, 2022
A clinical trial of Actiphage, a promising new diagnostic for tuberculosis infection, has shown for the first time that live bacteria can be detected in the blood of people with incipient TB infection.
ECCMID

Actiphage TB diagnostic finds live mycobacterium tuberculosis in the blood of people with incipient TB

April 23, 2022
A clinical trial of Actiphage, a promising new diagnostic for tuberculosis infection, has shown for the first time that live...
mycobacteria

Bacteriophage shows promise for detection and treatment of tuberculosis

March 7, 2022
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and kill bacteria, offer the potential of a powerful tool for detecting and treating mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis (TB), authors of a review in the journal Microorganisms* have reported.
mycobacteria

Bacteriophage shows promise for detection and treatment of tuberculosis

March 7, 2022
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and kill bacteria, offer the potential of a powerful tool for detecting and treating mycobacterial infections...
Tomas Richardson

Disruptive phage technology attracts top scientist to PBD Biotech

January 18, 2022
“PBD Biotech has developed an exciting and potentially disruptive technology that uses bacteriophage to improve the molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis” says Dr Tomas Richardson.
Tomas Richardson

Disruptive phage technology attracts top scientist to PBD Biotech

January 18, 2022
“PBD Biotech has developed an exciting and potentially disruptive technology that uses bacteriophage to improve the molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis”...
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Multiplicity of infection – Albert Huynh presents research at Phages 2021

September 22, 2021
Albert’s research, ‘Use of 2, 3, 5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) to assay the kinetics of phage and host interactions’, is sponsored by PBD Biotech through the BBSRC CASE initiative, and was co-authored by fellow Nottingham student Philip J. Hill and PBD...
huynh-phg21-poster-final-web

Multiplicity of infection – Albert Huynh presents research at Phages 2021

September 22, 2021
Albert’s research, ‘Use of 2, 3, 5-Triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) to assay the kinetics of phage and host interactions’, is sponsored...
cow

Study showing prevalence of cow-to-cow TB transmission emphasises need for more accurate diagnostic

December 18, 2019
New research about the transmission of bovine TB, published in the journal eLife this week, shows that the chance of cross infection between cows is much greater than between badgers and cows, with TB passing between members of the same...
cow

Study showing prevalence of cow-to-cow TB transmission emphasises need for more accurate diagnostic

December 18, 2019
New research about the transmission of bovine TB, published in the journal eLife this week, shows that the chance of...

New publication shows how Actiphage® test improves detection of bovine TB in blood

December 3, 2019
Actiphage® is a rapid blood test for the mycobacteria that cause bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) and Johne’s disease. A new paper published in the journal of Microbial Biotechnology (3 December) describes how PBD Biotech developed the test.

New publication shows how Actiphage® test improves detection of bovine TB in blood

December 3, 2019
Actiphage® is a rapid blood test for the mycobacteria that cause bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) and Johne’s disease. A new...
PBD Biotech - blood tests

Exploiting phage to detect Mycobacteria – things you discover when you don’t know not to look

July 26, 2016
Reported by Dr Catherine Rees at Viruses of Microbes 2016 Conference.
PBD Biotech - blood tests

Exploiting phage to detect Mycobacteria – things you discover when you don’t know not to look

July 26, 2016
Reported by Dr Catherine Rees at Viruses of Microbes 2016 Conference.
BMC Veterinary Research 2016

BMC Veterinary Research (2016) 12:115

June 16, 2016
A research article co-authored by Ben Swift has been published in BMC Veterinary Research: 'Evaluation of the limitations and methods to improve rapid phage-based detection of viable Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the blood of experimentally infected cattle'
BMC Veterinary Research 2016

BMC Veterinary Research (2016) 12:115

June 16, 2016
A research article co-authored by Ben Swift has been published in BMC Veterinary Research: 'Evaluation of the limitations and methods...
Virulence paper feat

Evidence of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteraemia

May 19, 2016
A research paper has been published in Virulence journal, by Benjamin Swift, Thomas Convery and Catherine Rees: 'Evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteraemia in intradermal skin test positive cattle detected using phage-RPA'.
Virulence paper feat

Evidence of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteraemia

May 19, 2016
A research paper has been published in Virulence journal, by Benjamin Swift, Thomas Convery and Catherine Rees: 'Evidence of Mycobacterium...

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