Not all viruses are as bad as coronavirus - some could be our friends! Bacteria cause illness as well, and sometimes gain resistance to our antibiotics! Fortunately, some scientists are working on a treatment using bacteriophage, a virus that specifically targets bacteria!

For more information, read up on bacteriophage here. Written and reported by Kellen Kartub, Ph.D. with production consultant Anny Celsi.

Reference:

Lin, D. M., Koskella, B., Lin, H. C. “Phage therapy: An alternative to antibiotics in the age of multi-drug resistance.” World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 8.3 (2017): 162-173.