Phage therapy has been around for more than 100 years, but with the advent of antibiotics and a possible influence of an unfavorable review published in the Journal of the American Medical ...

Phage therapy isn’t new, but its use in people and animals also isn’t well researched. Current studies and some successful cases may mean that it could become more common.

While there is still a long road ahead, phage therapy is one of the few tested solutions for drug-resistant infections—and could some day be comparable, if not cheaper, to the cost of antibiotics.

While phage therapy has been around for over 100 years, the treatment still isn’t a main part of medicine. American doctors used it often in the 1940s, but it later fell out of favor by many.

Phage therapy is the concept of using viruses (known as phage) to kill bacteria, instead of using antibiotics. Until now, experiments have largely focussed on exposing bacteria to phage in a flask.

Bacteriophages, generally known as phages, are viruses that have evolved to attack bacteria. Phage therapy, the use of bacteriophages to target and destroy bacteria, is not a new idea.

A humble phage could hold the key to unraveling the misfolded proteins that underlie Alzheimer’s and other diseases. By Jon Palfremen Wednesday, March 23, 2016 NOVA Next NOVA Next.

Calvin’s biology department offers a special research program for a select group of first-year students. In this two-semester program, you’ll gather specimens and isolate a unique bacterial virus, ...

Health Phage therapies for superbug infections are being tested in Belgium. Bacteria-killing viruses can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs, and the approach has been tried in more ...