Georgian Biomedical Preparations to be Used by a US Owned Company; Bacteriophage-based Antibacterial Products from World-Renowned Eliava Institute to be Used by US Owned Phage Therapy Center in Mexico.LOS ALTOS Los Altos (lôs ăl`tōs, lŏs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,303), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1952. There is diversified light manufacturing. , Calif. -- The George Eliava Institute The Tbilisi Institute, now called the George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (IBMV) has been active since the 1930s in the field of phage therapy, which is used to combat microbial infection (cf. antibiotic-resistant strains). In the beginning. of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology virology, study of viruses and their role in disease. Many viruses, such as animal RNA viruses and viruses that infect bacteria, or bacteriophages, have become useful laboratory tools in genetic studies and in work on the cellular metabolic control of gene expression , Republic of Georgia, and Phage phage: see bacteriophage.phage - A program that modifies other programs or databases in unauthorised ways; especially one that propagates a virus or Trojan horse. See also worm, mockingbird. The analogy, of course, is with phage viruses in biology. International Inc., Los Altos California, announced that they have signed an agreement whereby Eliava will become the supplier of bacteriophages for PII's new Phage Therapy Phage therapy is the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. Bacteriophages, or "phages" are viruses that invade only bacterial cells and, in the case of lytic Center in Tijuana Mexico. This is the first commercial use of phages in a medical clinic in the western world and marks a starting point in the promising collaboration between a scientific research center in the Republic of Georgia and a US owned Company. The Institute will test bacterial cultures from PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. patients for PIO-phage susceptibility, produce the appropriate phage and deliver it to PTC to eradicate the bacteria in suffering patients. "We are delighted that through this cooperation with the Eliava Institute, Phage Therapy Center Mexico will now be able to provide better access to this medical technology," said Ronald Goossens, president PII See Pentium II. . "We look forward to making bacteriophage treatments more broadly available in the future". "The scientists at Eliava Institute are pleased to work with PII in treating patients on the American Continent using our phage preparations and look forward to educating the west on the benefits of bacteriophage technology," said Dr. Teimuraz Chanishvili, Institute Director. During the 1930's and 40's, bacteriophages were utilized in the United States to treat infections. The use of phages and research were subsequently dropped in the west in favor of antibiotics that became the panacea for treating all infections. The Eliava Institute, however, continued research and development of phage therapeutic technologies. Today bacteriophages represent a viable and effective alternative for fighting drug-resistant infections. Eliava, an 82 year-old Institute of the Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Georgia, is the world's scientific center for bacteriophage research and development. During the 1970s and 80s the Industrial Branch of the Eliava Institute produced bacteriophage products for military and civilian uses all over the Soviet Union. Phage Therapy Center Mexico, treats antibiotic-resistant infections and provides treatments that have saved people from amputation amputation (ăm'pyətā`shən), removal of all or part of a limb or other body part. Although amputation has been practiced for centuries, the development of sophisticated techniques for treatment and prevention of infection has greatly . www.phagetherapycenter.com Phage International, Inc. Los Altos, CA, a primary enabler of phage therapy in the western world, is in the process of opening a number of clinics. www.phageinternational.com |
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