Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Phages (viruses that infect bacteria) can specifically kill bad bacteria while sparing good ones without resistance.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Phages (viruses that infect bacteria) can specifically kill bad bacteria while sparing good ones without resistance.
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So what we thought that phages could represent an attractive means of attacking a bacteria without impacting the entire microbiome because phages are very specific in their targets.
And so we thought that phages could represent an attractive means of attacking a bacteria without impacting the entire microbiome because phages are very specific in their targets.
And if this is successful and we're now in the midst of clinical trials, we would be able to really take a needle out of the haystack by targeting a single bacteria or a single type of bacteria without killing the entire microbiome and causing a substantial collateral damage.