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Fighting bacteria with phage

Posted by paustian on Jan 26, 2009 - 04:24 PM

Using phage to stop bacterial infections has a long history and was gaining popularity in the early 20th century until the discovery of antibiotics. Now that antibiotic-resistant strains of microbes are starting to appear, phage treatments may make a come back. Dabrowska et al [5] describe some experiments with phage and their impact on cancer cell migration. I find this an odd property for phage to have, but who knows?
 
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