Phage Therapy: Consider the Past, Embrace the Future

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 10; no. 21; p. 7654
• Main Authors: Wei, Junwei, Peng, Nan, Liang, Yunxiang, Li, Keke, Li, Yingjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2020
• Subjects: antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; CRISPR-Cas; Drug resistance; Infections; Mutation; Pathogens; phage engineering; phage therapy; Phage-antibiotic synergy; Physiology; Plant diseases; Prevention; Virulence; United States > US

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections pose a threat to public health. Considering the difficulty in developing new antibiotics, it is an urgent need to develop alternative therapies against bacterial pathogens. Bacteriophages (phages) are evaluated as potential substitutes or adjuncts of antibiot...