The Past and Future of Phage Therapy
by
Anna Kuchment
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Before the arrival of penicillin in the 1940s, phage therapy was one of the few weapons doctors had against bacterial infections. It saved the life of Hollywood legend Tom Mix before being abandoned by Western science. Now, researchers and physicians are rediscovering the treatment, which pits phage...