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There's considerable promise in phage therapies as an alternative to antibiotics. And they may well not suffer the same problems of resistance since phages are
by pgreenwood 13y ago
There's considerable promise in phage therapies as an alternative to antibiotics. And they may well not suffer the same problems of resistance since phages are targeted to specific bacteria.
- dd36 13y agoWhy would that prevent evolution any differently?
- pgreenwood 13y agoBacterial antibiotic resistance increases with exposure to the antibiotic. With targeted treatment there is less exposure for a given clinical effect. Therefore lower resistance.