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Engineering viruses to kill deadly pathogens

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engineering viruses to kill deadly pathogens

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and growing global crisis. Researchers are exploring phages, viruses that infect bacteria, as a possible solution. In the new study, researchers successfully modified DNA from four types of phages to kill a deadly pathogen. The process can also be used to produce more phage variants for further exploration.

Source: ScienceDaily.com