Outsmarting Bacterial Evolution in Phage Therapy

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Bacteria are great at evolving resistance to anything that we throw at them. This has caused antibiotic resistance crisis. We discuss smart approaches to use phages, viruses infecting bacteria, as therapeutics. TL;DR: phages (enemy of the enemy) can allow us to use bacteria’s fast evolution AGAINST them!

Jyot Antani, PhD
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Scientist, Yale University
Research interests: biophysics | virology | flagellar motors | imaging technology