Phage Therapy Shows Promise Beyond Treating Infections
(WorldNews Health)

For first time, researchers use bacteriophages in mice to treat a condition not considered a classic bacterial infection: alcoholic liver disease. Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically destroy bacteria. In the early 20th century, researchers experimented with phages as a potential method for treating bacterial infections. But then antibiotics emerged and phages fell out of favor. With the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, however, researchers have renewed their interest in phage therapy. UC San Diego School of Medicine has been at the forefront of phage therapy development over the past few years. In March 2016, Tom Patterson, a professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of...