General
Phage therapy offers hope in fight against antibiotic resistance and superbugs
Fishing for samples from a raw sewage pond isn’t terribly pleasant work, but Ruby Lin hopes what she collects here will help avert a medical catastrophe.
Key points:
- Phage therapy involves the use of specific viruses to target bacterial infections
- Some doctors hope it will play a major role in stopping deaths caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- There have been promising results in clinical trials in Sydney, but the therapy has its drawbacks
While one virus claims thousands of lives across the globe daily, it’s hoped millions more could eventually be saved by other viruses.
Some of them are lurking in this sewage system at a Sydney nursing home.
Human waste is a rich source of organisms called bacteriophages — known as “hunt and kill…
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