Promises and Pitfalls of In Vivo Evolution to Improve Phage Therapy

Phage therapy is the use of bacterial viruses (phages) to treat bacterial infections, a medical intervention long abandoned in the West but now experiencing a revival. Currently, therapeutic phages are often chosen based on limited criteria, sometimes merely an ability to plate on the pathogenic bac...

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Main Authors: James J. Bull, Bruce R. Levin, Ian J. Molineux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/12/1083