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Are you saying that this antiviral would not kill bacteriophages? Or are you saying you think the effect would be small because the population in our bodies is
by tovej 1y ago
Are you saying that this antiviral would not kill bacteriophages? Or are you saying you think the effect would be small because the population in our bodies is small?
- XorNot 1y agoThere are not bacteriophages in your body, except where bacteria are. And since they don't infect human cells, they're being constantly destroyed already by the primary immune system even if they get there. Viral infections only successfully persist by replicating faster then the human body destroys them, and by hiding in human cells. This isn't a system which is some sort of toxic to viruses, it's an immune booster.
- tovej 1y agoGot it, thank you for explaining. That was unclear to me from the article.