Neat News 2236 (added 2022-02-13)
Making bacteria vulnerable?
Public Domain by National Institutes of Health of the USA
In phage therapy, patients are treated with cocktails of viruses that infect bacteria in order to kill them. However, the bacteria know to protect themselves, making the approach less effective. Now there is a better understanding how this works, potentially opening a door for disabling the protective mechanism.
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