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To: CondorFlight

“If we find a virus that attacks other viruses,
that may open the door to treating a lot of
diseases...”

Only if the FDA never has to approve it.


28 posted on 03/29/2011 4:18:55 PM PDT by dljordan ("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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To: dljordan

Eastern Europe has spent decades developing bacteriophages as an alternative to western medicine antibiotics.


36 posted on 03/29/2011 5:34:20 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: dljordan

True. The eastern block countries have been using bacteriophages for a long time. The west stopped this line of research when anti biotics were able to be mass produced.

But as antibiotic resistant bacteria are now becoming more prevalent, phages should make a come back but the FDA is standing in the way.


46 posted on 04/02/2011 10:25:44 AM PDT by econ cents
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