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How viruses could reduce antibiotic resistance

Many disease-causing bacteria are developing resistance to antibiotics that we鈥檝e relied on for nearly a century. As this resistance grows, could bacteriophages 鈥� bacteria-eating viruses 鈥� replace antibiotics as a treatment? Microbiologist Professor Martha Clokie explains the different ways phages can be used alongside antibiotics, to maximise our defences against infection.

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2 minutes