Dr. Robert Schooley and Dr. Randy Taplitz successfully administered phage therapy to Tom Patterson. What she turned to was phage therapy — a treatment that uses bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria. 'We turned viruses into the biggest weapon against a superbug,' says HIV researcher Steffanie Strathdee, Patterson's wife. We turned viruses into the biggest weapon against a superbug." Schooley says he believes phage therapy could be greatly expanded if it were prioritized by government and the pharmaceutical industry.

Source: CBC News April 29, 2017 00:15 UTC