People have been trying to use mycobacteriophages to treat TB since the 90s (at least) with no success: http://tbevidence.org/tbevidence_old_site_files/document

People have been trying to use mycobacteriophages to treat TB since the 90s (at least) with no success: http://tbevidence.org/tbevidence_old_site_files/documents/rescentre/sop/studies/Bacteriophage-based%20assay/General/9.pdf http://tbevidence.org/tbevidence_old_site_files/documents/re... In contrast, vaccines for TB have made actual progress in animal studies: http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v17/n10/full/nm.2420.html http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v17/n10/full/nm.2420.html