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Battling Superbugs: How Phage Therapy Went From Obscure to Promising

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Until a dangerous bacterial infection left her husband near death 3 years ago, scientist Steffanie Strathdee had never heard of bacteriophage therapy. After it ultimately saved his life, however, she… Click to show full abstract

Until a dangerous bacterial infection left her husband near death 3 years ago, scientist Steffanie Strathdee had never heard of bacteriophage therapy. After it ultimately saved his life, however, she not only has become a staunch advocate of the therapy, but also now serves as co-director of the newly established Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) (Figure 1).

Keywords: therapy; superbugs phage; battling superbugs; therapy went; phage therapy; phage

Journal Title: IEEE Pulse
Year Published: 2019

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