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Superbugs: Apocalypse … Now?

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Fernando's Secret to Killing a Superbug

Fernando's job is to find a phage that can be used to kill a patient's superbug infection. Phages of viruses that make superbugs go... Boom. So, tens, tens, sometimes hundreds of these tiny viruses are liberated from the exploding bacterial cell and they will go on to infect the neighboring bacterial cells. This might sound like sci-fi, but it isn't theoretical. We are doing all this in patients now. And Fernando shows me his pride and joy: The sewage sample he prepared for you.

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