Antibiotics get covered in dust. According to WHO experts, within 6 years, 85% of existing antibiotics will no longer be effective due to widespread antibiotic resistance. Doctors propose to develop new modifications of drugs.
Researchers from the University of Texas suggested using bacteriophages – viruses that selectively infect bacterial cells. They are always present in the human body and are 89% similar to human DNA. Bacteriophages can be easily directed to fight against pathogenic human bacteria.
One of the advantages of bacteriophages over antibiotics is that they do not harm the gastrointestinal tract. Scientists say that it is quite possible to create a mixture of bacteriophages and use them in the fight against dangerous infections. In this case, the beneficial bacteria in our body will not be damaged. However, in order to conduct experiments on humans, it is necessary to overcome many different obstacles and obtain various kinds of permits, which at the moment is very slowing down the work of researchers.
Source: estet-portal.com
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