Phage Therapy

Pathogenic bacteria developed resistant to most currently available antimicrobial agents has become a modern problem, particularly because of the significant growth in immunosuppressed patients. Time to develop new antibiotics is higher now that time for bacteria to develop resistance to them. On the other hand, bacteriophage drugs can play significant role in modern and future bacterial infections therapy.

Russian article about Phagotherapy

Russian Phagotherapy Article available in pdf for download. Intresting comparison about different approach of Russian and American authorities to Phage drugs and how they will influence on the future of Phage therapy.

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Article from farmavita.net

Cholera, syphilis, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid, leprosy—antibiotics have helped hold these and other diseases in check since the first half of the 20th century, and the prospect of their return is what keeps epidemiologists up at night. But antibiotic resistance is cropping up all around, even in some of the most well-outfitted hospitals in the richest country in the world.

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