Phage Used to Clear Antibiotic-Resistant Lung Infection for Cystic Fibrosis Patient - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
5/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Jeffrey S. Buguliskis, Ph.D.
by Jeffrey S. Buguliskis, Ph.D.
Scientists see first successful treatment of mycobacterial lung infection with bacteriophages in cystic fibrosis patient.
Using a virus to kill a bacterium may seem like going backward in medicine and harkens back to the early 20th century when Julius Wagner-Juarreg used malaria to cure neurosyphilis (a feat that won hi… [+4870 chars]
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