Phage Treatment Saves A Life

Scientists and physicians at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, working with colleagues at the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC), Texas A&M University, a San Diego-based biotech and elsewhere, have successfully used an experimental therapy involving bacteriophages — viruses that target and consume specific strains of bacteria — to treat a patient near death from a multidrug-resistant bacterium.

Learn more about Bacteriophage Therapy at UC San Diego Health: https://health.ucsd.edu/news/p....hage-therapy/Pages/d