A British teenager has made a remarkable recovery after being the first patient in the world to be given a genetically engineered virus to treat a drug-resistant infection.
Great news - but as an immunologist the title made me think she is now recovering following adverse effects from treatment with the phage ( which is indeed not new- but new for clinical use- if/when approved). I wish headline writers could think more carefully.
Phages have been used in Russia for years (I think they harvest them from unlikely places like canals!) Always thought 'western medicine' didn't take them seriously simply because it was Russians who used them. It looks as though their potential is being recognised at last.
The teenager was very fortunate to receive this treatment in time.
Extraordinary.
Awesome. (But anyone else here think that 'bacterio*phage*' is a terrible name, considering how the viruses proceed ? Namely, definitely not by *eating* the bacteria ?)
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