Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni Suef, organizes an awareness seminar on bacteriophages as an alternative to bacterial resistance
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Under the auspices of Dr. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, the Faculty of Pharmacy organized an awareness seminar entitled "Bacteriophages and their Derivatives as a Promising Alternative to Bacterial Resistance" under the supervision of Dr. Shahira Fawzy El-Menshawy, Dean of the Faculty, and Dr. Eglal Abdel Hamid, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Environmental Affairs and Community Service, where Dr. Karim Abdel Qader El-Soufi, Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Faculty, lectured.
Dr. Mansour Hassan explained that this seminar is within the framework of the university's efforts to enhance scientific awareness about the challenges facing society in the field of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. He stressed that bacteriophages and their derivatives represent a promising solution to confront this growing phenomenon, as they provide new alternatives that can contribute to improving the effectiveness of treatments. Dr. Mansour also called on all students and researchers to participate in this event, to benefit from the lecturer's expertise and expand their horizons in this vital field.
The President of the University indicated that the seminar addressed the effects of the improper use of various antibiotics, in addition to the danger and causes of bacterial resistance. The symposium also reviewed alternative solutions to bacterial resistance, and successful cases were presented that were treated using bacteriophages.