Bacteriophages predate on bacteria, and are an ideal weapon in the fight against the superbugs. Hazel Barton collects microbes for antibiotics.
Right now, phage medicines are still in the very early stages but new developments in understanding exactly how bacteria become deadly and giving hope that there could be another way to outsmart them.
Rather than trying to kill dangerous bacteria, Professor Bonnie Bassler is working to modify their behaviour and reveal the bacteria secrets.
Bonnie Bassler “We don’t have to totally win, that’s not the goal. The goal is simply to find out enough to be able to do something useful and then let the next science find out the next thing that’s enough to do something useful.”
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