The mention of the "25 year discovery drought" made me think about this documentary I saw once about bacteriophages ("viruses that infect and replicate within b

The mention of the "25 year discovery drought" made me think about this documentary I saw once about bacteriophages ("viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria") [1]. I don't remember the specific documentary but here is a wikipedia link [2] "Although extensively used and developed mainly in former Soviet Union countries circa 1920, the treatment is not approved in countries other than Russia and Georgia." 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy