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This is probably a wild (~stupid) idea but can we develop drugs to elite particular bacteria, e.g. just kill Morganella morganii, akin to Ehrlich's magic bullet
by Jun8 2y ago
This is probably a wild (~stupid) idea but can we develop drugs to elite particular bacteria, e.g. just kill Morganella morganii, akin to Ehrlich's magic bullet? Current approaches, I think, use antibiotics that kill a wide range of bacteria, the good with the bad.
How would such a thing work? Could there be enzymes specific to one species (or, at least, a family)?
- jagraff 2y agoI don't know about enzymes, but bacteriophages (viruses that target bacteria) are species specific, and have been used successfully as antibacterial treatments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy