May 09, 2019

PC student research contributes to lifesaving treatment for drug-resistant infection

Dr. Kathleen A. Cornely, professor of chemistry, works with students in her phage lab.
Dr. Kathleen A. Cornely, professor of chemistry, works with students in her phage lab in fall 2018.

In a research article published in Nature Medicine, scientists describe how a mycobacteriophage found on Providence College’s campus by R. Seth Pinches ’16, a student in a course co-taught by Dr. Kathleen A. Cornely, professor of chemistry, and Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., professor of biology, was used to treat a patient suffering from a drug-resistant infection.

Dr. Kathleen A. Cornely, professor of chemistry, with R. Seth Pinches '16.
Dr. Kathleen A. Cornely, professor of chemistry, with R. Seth Pinches ’16.
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