11-JUL-2024
Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving #phages accessible, transportable and much easier to use
When #antibiotics fail, #bacteriophages can often save lives, but determining which ones will work and sourcing them is haphazard
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051090
#science #PhageTherapy #bacteria #MicrobialEcology #medicine
EurekAlert!Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving phages accessible, transportable and much easier to useResearchers have developed a simple way to bring bacteriophage therapy into much closer reach for clinicians struggling to save patients with antimicrobial-resistant infections. The technology makes it possible to sort through hundreds or even thousands of phages in less than two hours to identify which will respond to a particular infection.