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Will This Ancient Remedy Replace Antibiotics?

  • May 18, 2004

As bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics scientists have begun a desperate search for alternatives to the drugs. In one approach, they are trying to harness viruses that naturally evolved to prey on harmful bacteria and to use them as weapons for staving off intruders. This is not a new idea but rather is a revival of an ancient remedy using bacteria-eating viruses--bacteriophages, or just phage for short--to kill bacteria. Several start-up companies already have plans to...
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