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Doctors Used Bacteria-Killing Viruses to Take Down an Incurable Superbug

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The enemy of our bacterial enemy can indeed be our friend. In a new case report, doctors say they were able to treat their patient’s long-festering, drug-resistant infection with the help of specially grown bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria. Large-scale clinical trials will likely be needed for these…

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Source: gizmodo.com