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Enabling Phage Therapy in the UK


Bacteriophages or "phages" are ;
-Viruses and bacteria's most natural enemies.
-Most abundant and ubiquitous entity on the planet : there are
10 times more phages than bacteria.
-Harmless to humans, animals and plants.
-Naturally present in billions, outside and inside the human body.
-Highly specific rather than broad spectrum, unlike antibiotics.
-Active against Gram+ Gram- and MDR bacteria.
-Discovered 10 years before Penicillin.
-First reported for use in 6 patients in 1921
-Used safely in Eastern Europe for 100 years
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Bacteriophages : Bacteria's natural predators

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