Bacteriophage Presentation

Bacteriophages

And why they are the next generation of antibiotics

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Are superbugs a threat?

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And why?

timeline

For Bacteriophages

1915

Twort discovers phages

1930

Russia employs phage therapy

1917

Felix d'herelle re-discovers phages

2005

Poland employs phage therapy in hospitals

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What is phage therapy?

- Phage therapy as a therapeutic treatment - Innocuous against host (human) cells - Are they better than antibiotics? - Broad spectrum antibiotic's adverse effects

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comparison

• Antibiotics - kills bacteria efficiently
• Can present adverse effects to the human body
• Can have extremely negative effects on the body's microbiome

• Were made pofit off of after two Oxford professors mass produced them

• Phages - innocuous to host (human) cells
• High specificity for what bacteria they kill
• Can evolve against bacteria so superbugs aren't an issue
• Only aren't in force because of capitalism and greed

How did people forget about phages?

• They had great commercial success

• Ehrlich even intended it to be a "magic bullet"

• Was completely forgotten - complete obscurity

• Is it because of antibiotics?

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