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A bit more info on the topic. (>'.'<) http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9910/S00096.htm A person with a bacterial infection must have it accurately diagnosed. Once diagnosed, the physician goes to a phial containing the correct phage, prepares a medicine (phages multiply quickly when allowed to) and administers it. The patient is soon cured, without side effects. If there is a new bacterium, its phage antidote is found eventually. The phage research programme involved a lot of patience: searching, identifying, classifying. Nothing was costly in the capitalist sense. Rather, it was very labour intensive work, performed in Georgia by a dedicated group of publicly-minded scientists. My comment :-» Although phages may be an interesting alternative to antibiotics, I don't particularily like how they claim, " the patient is soon cured ". That's the "C" word we all know to be wary of when seeking help. That remark does kinda dampen the enthusiasm. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| Betty Kutter USA expert on bacteriophages http://www.evergreen.edu/phage/ Fred Bledsoe cured of antibiotic resistant infection: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134619088_phage21.html Alfred Gertler cured of antibiotic resistant infection: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/19/48hours/main522596.shtml Eliava Institute on bacteriophages http://www.acnet.ge/virol.htm Bacteriophage Treatment Clinic http://www.phage-biotech.com/ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||
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