Anthony William Maresso Ph.D. @tailor-labs.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Phage lovers! Introducing Phage-Induced Immunity (PHI-II). This discovery suggests that some phage can not only treat an existing infection (well known) but they can also immunize to prevent a future infection (new finding). Read about the adventure here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 122
Anthony William Maresso Ph.D. @tailor-labs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025TAILΦR Milestone! Dosed our first patient with @bwtrautner.bsky.social in an academic-led clinical trial (NCT06559618). The phages were discovered, manufactured, tested, FDA approved and now administered in one location by one team, an end-to-end miracle we hope will counter the AMR crisis. Dream! 062
Anthony William Maresso Ph.D. @tailor-labs.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Thank you Ms. Schreiber for raising awareness. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comAs Texas’s measles outbreak slows, officials warn of rise in other statesCases in New Mexico and Kansas give experts reason to be ‘concerned’ in second-worst US measles year since 2000 000
Anthony William Maresso Ph.D. @tailor-labs.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Another example of how wastewater sequencing is going to positively impact Public Health. TEPHI's Outbreak Detection program shows once more the sensitivity and specificity of agnostic sequencing .... ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2... 022
Anthony William Maresso Ph.D. @tailor-labs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The measles outbreak continues in Texas and beyond. We have been tracking the virus with wastewater via TexWEB. Vaccines are the most cost-effective way to prevent outbreaks. The below graph shows the power of the vaccine to stop measles. 020