{"id":1092,"date":"2025-07-28T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/innovation\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:34:29","slug":"new-insights-could-help-phages-defeat-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/innovation\/new-insights-could-help-phages-defeat-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria\/","title":{"rendered":"New insights could help phages defeat antibiotic resistant bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-548c0a7b wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-color has-custom-mif-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ebbead729fbe286943a64eeba2b4d835 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ee82868 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-59e203da wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-34faf5e0 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><h1 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.089rem, 2.089rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.076), 3.75rem); margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-b11797e8206e942f1f44f12cf6fc071d wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-base-2-color\">New insights could help phages defeat antibiotic resistant bacteria<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<p class=\"has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-032a887b1383b8ba78d93216ef6614c0\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.469), 1.25rem);\">Date: <\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.469), 1.25rem);\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-fa63abf4b3268feb9bca0a2b3fa3ce46 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-base-2-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-28T11:30:50+00:00\">July 28, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-b2a27621 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure style=\"height:100%; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MIF-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-radius:0px;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MIF-1.png 616w, https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MIF-1-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Researchers at the University of Southampton have worked out how bacteria defend themselves against viruses called phages and the new insights could be key to tackling antibiotic resistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phages are seen as a promising alternative treatment to antibiotics. 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