Phage Therapy: Alternative to Antibiotics

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'Medicine needed an alternative': How the 'phage whisperer' aims to replace antibiotics with viruses

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Phage therapy harnesses viruses to attack bacterial cells.

The phage therapy fell to the wayside as antibiotics rose to prominence, but recently, the field has seen a resurgence.

Phage Whisperer Biswajit Biswas was working on this unconventional project in the mid-1990s .

Lina Zeldovichovichovich : " The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure and Why It Was Nearly Lost " She says phages can be used to fight antibiotic resistance.

She says Phages are more effective than antibiotics, and they are better swimmers than antibiotics.

The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure Was Nearly Lost — and Why It Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail ” was released from St. Martin’s Press in October 2024 .

One of her books, " The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health," has been optioned for a TV series.

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