Policy Spotlight: Phages for a Sustainable Future

Microbiologists have a rare opportunity to help shape future European biotechnology regulation. Applied Microbiology International (AMI) is calling on members to contribute as the European Commission seeks expert input on a proposed new Biotech Act.

Several Ocean Sustainability Advisory Group members contributed to a joint response to the European Commission Ocean Act consultation.

In an interesting discovery that redraws the boundaries of human vaginal ecology, scientists have demonstrated for the first time that environmental fungi actively interact with the vaginal bacteriome and mycobiome with likely implications for cervical disease progression.