Delivery of viral agents
AssigneeFixed Phage Limited
InventorsJames Chadwick, Michael Mattey
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Abstract
Plant material has bacteriophage has been attached, wherein the bacteriophage retains infectivity. The plant material includes fruits, vegetables, leaves, stems, flowers, roots, tubers, seedlings and seeds. Plant diseases and animal diseases can be treated. A separate composition comprises a carrier selected from (i) a filament, (ii) a planar material, and (iii) particles and/or beads, and bacteriophage covalently attached thereto, wherein the bacteriophage retains infectivity, useful in treatment or prevention of bacterial infection in a deep wound.
Claims11
Plant material, selected from seeds, roots and tubers, to which bacteriophage has been covalently attached, wherein the bacteriophage is attached to the plant material by electrical activation of the plant material and then attaching the bacteriophage to the activated plant material, and wherein the bacteriophage retains infectivity.
A method of treating plant material selected from seeds, roots and tubers, comprising activating the plant material and then covalently attaching the bacteriophage to the activated plant material, wherein the bacteriophage retains infectivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.