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Anonymous at Fri, 7 Jun 2024 16:35:13 UTC No. 16220035
Why aren't bacteriophage viruses used in medicine to treat bacterial infections? They are natural enemies of bacteria
Anonymous at Fri, 7 Jun 2024 16:46:01 UTC No. 16220049
>>16220035
phage therapy is popular in eastern europe, especially russia
Anonymous at Fri, 7 Jun 2024 18:05:03 UTC No. 16220205
>>16220035
It is (sometimes)
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 04:06:37 UTC No. 16221218
>>16220205
ywnbaw
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 05:42:48 UTC No. 16221376
>>16220035
>Why aren't bacteriophage viruses used in medicine to treat bacterial infections?
There has been some research, but it seems that due to the general effectiveness of antibiotics, research into phages as treatment has been limited.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 05:43:49 UTC No. 16221380
>>16221376
Also, phages are highly specific to certain bacterial strains, making their application complex.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 08:03:46 UTC No. 16221533
>>16220049
Is it working?
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 08:33:46 UTC No. 16221559
>>16220035
>Dude just hijack a virus to kill bacteria what's the worst that could happen
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:47:21 UTC No. 16221660
>>16220035
Why do they look like indians??
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:48:39 UTC No. 16221663
>>16220035
They won't kill every bacteria or else it too will die.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:53:53 UTC No. 16221667
>>16221533
>Is it working?
Yeah, people travel from all over the world to do it. Usually after local medicine fails to cure them. A while ago it was all over Australian news as there was a panic that antibiotics were becoming completely ineffective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTq
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 10:12:19 UTC No. 16221679
>>16220035
They are
https://youtu.be/nWLRTFGpYuE?si=wx8
In a surprise to noone, big western pharma corps aren't interested in it as it isn't as lucrative as patentable antibiotics.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 10:32:36 UTC No. 16221702
>>16220205
OP meant bacteriophage, not bacterio fag.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 20:02:57 UTC No. 16222671
>>16220035
>pinning
>tail contraction and penetration
>DNA injection
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 21:30:40 UTC No. 16222884
>>16220035
They are in exsoviet countries, since the USSR couldn't get into antibiotics so used them as an alternative. I think you can go to Georgia and get it if you have an antibiotic resistant bacterial infection.
Anonymous at Sat, 8 Jun 2024 21:40:09 UTC No. 16222905
>>16221679
Phage therapy is very expensive, its like $6,000 for a treatment course. Antibiotics are much cheaper, bacteriophages are mostly good for specific resistant bacteria.
Anonymous at Sun, 9 Jun 2024 00:52:05 UTC No. 16223321
>>16220035
>look how hard I can inject
Anonymous at Sun, 9 Jun 2024 00:58:44 UTC No. 16223334
>>16220035
>bacterial transduction is what made Cholera produce it's exotoxin
No thanks.
Anonymous at Sun, 9 Jun 2024 05:25:11 UTC No. 16223835
Most bacterial and parasite systems use CHITIN to protect themselves. If you use Chitinase to dissolve that chitin, you dissolve the protective surfaces that these parasites use to evade digestion and immune system reactions.
Unfortunately, high amounts of Chitinase in a body induces a "seafood allergy". As the immune system does not deal with the byproducts of dissolved chitin in the system as a fish would or an insect would.