Phage Therapy Takes on Broad Applications

Autor: Leslie Mertz
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: IEEE pulse. 13(5)
ISSN: 2154-2317
Popis: Bacteriophages once were a promising prospect to treat bacterial infections but fell out of favor by the mid-20th century with the advent of highly effective antibiotics. As antibiotic resistance has spiked in recent years, however, interest in phages has risen, particularly following a number of last-resort phage treatments that were able to beat severe antibiotic-resistant strains. New research is now beginning to show that phage therapy may become much more broadly used as treatments for diseases and other infections.
Databáze: OpenAIRE