Developments
Combat Drug Resistance
THERAPEUTICS – Keratitis Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Proof-of-concept – Hadassit – The Hebrew
University Medical School – Hadassah Medical Center
ANIMAL HEALTH & AQUACULTURE – Vibrio harveyi water de-contaminant for shrimp
hatcheries – Prototype – Centex Shrimp
CROP PROTECTION – Clavibacter– Contract development – Agriance
FERMENTATION CONTROL – Lactic bacteria – Contract development
FOOD SAFETY – Listeria, Salmonella, E.coli – Marketing, sales and service – Intralytix
Intro
• Bacteriophages (“Phages”) are viruses that can only attach to, replicate in, and in the process, kill specific bacteria by lysis
• Phages are estimated to be the most abundant and the most diverse entities in the biosphere and constitute a primary force of nature decimating the bacterial mass by half every 48 hours
• Phages are isolated, concentrated and applied in specific niches in order to eradicate specific bacteria
• Phages thrive in the presence of bacteria, and die out in their absence
• Phages action is specific, and does not harm vital micro flora
• Phages may be used both preventively, and in the treatment of ongoing infections
• Phages present the only viable alternative and the last resort for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections
• Phage-bacteria co-evolution provides for an inexhaustible reservoir of phages
