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A start-up from Boston called Sample6 is using phages in diagnostics, currently only for food but it is start. I would be very afraid it ends up like the introd
by ralfruns 10y ago
A start-up from Boston called Sample6 is using phages in diagnostics, currently only for food but it is start. I would be very afraid it ends up like the introduction of Mongoose to Hawaii to control rats in the 19th century.
- bhickey 10y ago> I would be very afraid it ends up like the introduction of Mongoose to Hawaii to control rats in the 19th century. There's no way for them to jump domains prokaryotes to eukaryotes. It's just biologically implausible. Phage are very narrow spectrum and coevolve with their hosts. They're all over our environment and have been since just about the dawn of life. Hypothetically, I guess you could accidentally sterilize your gut flora, but again: they aren't broad spectrum.
- Fomite 10y agoThe biggest risk for phage therapy is an adverse reaction to bacterial endotoxins as the phages cause them to lyse.