The Age of Phage: Friend or Foe in the New Dawn of Therapeutic and Biocontrol Applications?

The Age of Phage: Friend or Foe in the New Dawn of Therapeutic and Biocontrol Applications?

Extended overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antibacterial agents has resulted in an antimicrobial resistance crisis. Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, have emerged as a legitimate alternative antibacterial agent with a wide scope of applications which continue to be discovered a...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Y. Hassan, Janet T. Lin, Nicole Ricker, Hany Anany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
Subjects:
bacteriophage
phage therapy
biocontrol
transduction
antibiotic resistance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/14/3/199

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