With the rise of antibiotic resistance more people are looking for alternative, effective treatments for their infections. Could Bacteriophages provide a safe solution to a growing problem?Subscribe to Journeyman here: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeyma…
Bacteriophages are viruses developed to target specific bacteria. The Eliava Institute in Georgia is the world leader in phage production. Patients travel from all around the world for treatment. “Symptomatically I am 50% better than when I started”, says Pranav Johri, from India. Institute director Dr Kutateladze says resistance is not an issue. “Bacteria and phages are natural enemies, and so evolve together, reducing the chance of resistance developing.”
Havent phage therapy been the holy grail to save us from multi-resistens strains for ages? I remember reading about it as a goal both when CRISPR became mainstream knowledge and then also a part of discussions about mrna edited viruses targetting specific bacteria
