Is Phage Therapy Here to Stay.

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  • Author(s): Schmidt, Charles
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Nov2019, Vol. 321 Issue 5, p50-57. 8p. 2 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      VIRUS diseases; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTICS; THERAPEUTIC use of bacteriophages
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses about the virus called a bacteriophage and its role on treatment of bacterial infections. Topics of discussion includes harmful bacteria are becoming more resistant to antibiotics. Doctors are testing phage therapies in clinical trials, to find ways to kill the bacteria in different ways. The therapy was used during the World War I to treat diseases like typhoid, dysentery, and cholera but is not approved for use in humans in any Western market today.