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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-11-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/12/1083 |