Phage therapy

Bacteriophages are the viruses of bacteria. They are a sequence of genomes which rotate from one bacterium to the next encased by capsids which are protein shells, which kill the bacteria in the process. Bacteriophages are immensely important to evolution and ecology of bacteria. They have colossal impacts on the carbon cycle. Phages also contribute to biology's comprehension of life at a molecular level. In addition, bacteriophages were essential to the evolution of genetic engineering. Phage therapy is the utilization of phages that can terminate bacteria or as a way to diminish the quantity or eradicate bacteria. Phage therapy has four dominant advantages over standard antibiotic treatment. To start, phage virions are genetically safe,…

Introduction Bacteriophages, informally known as phages, are a specific type of virus that only infect bacteria. Since their discovery in the early 1900s , researchers have began studying the various behaviors and interactions of phages within the environment (Poxleitner, Pope, Jacobs-Sera, Sivanathan, & Hatfull, 2016). Their name, bacteriophages, is derived from the idea that they are “bacteria eaters.” Due to their bacteria-destroying nature, they have been used in phage therapy in which they…

Phage therapy has been a debated for many years. The discovery of bacteriophages in the 20th century by Frederick Twort and Felix D’Herelle led to contributions of many fields in science [1]. Such contribution can lead to curative methods for bacterial infections. Antibiotics are primarily the source to help with infections, but phage therapy has been in discussion for an option to replace antibiotics. The reason why it has been debated is that the limitations of phages due to its biological…

Advantages and Disadvantages of Phage Therapy Even though phage therapy is a popular alternative to treating bacterial infections, it does not come with zero negatives. One of the biggest counters against phage therapy lies within the lack of successful studies (Hausler, n.d). Phage therapy has been studied extensively on animals, but there are few studies that show the efficiency of phage therapy on humans. This means that the scope of phage effectiveness on humans is not fully known (Hausler,…

Bacteriophages PROS (Advantages) Phage therapy has a lot of advantages more than antibiotics [39]. First of all, phages have a broad antibacterial activity even against antibiotic resistance bacteria [124, 125, 126] like MRSA as phage can be used as sanitizing agent against hospital acquired infections like MRSA [86]. Also a phage (pVp-1) was able to overcome the resistant strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in experimentally infected mice [127]. Phages can lyse bacteria in the supurrative…

None of these very talented women got the recognition they truly deserved. Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars and still fights for women's rights in science. Esther Lederberg discovered lambda phage and also was able to come up with a way to move bacteria from one petri dish to another. Chien-Shiung Wu helped make the discovery of atomic bombs and conducted many experiments on radiation detection and uranium enrichment. They are more recognized now, but during their lives, most people did…

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overall quality of life of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, but there was not as large of a difference compared to the control group as they hypothesized (Lanning et al., 2014). Gabriels et al. (2012) did a pilot study to evaluate the effects of equine therapy on self-regulation behaviors, adaptive skills, and motor skills of school age children to adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This study had 42 participants that were split up into groups of three to four to…

I believe that Mr. Rachels would agree with my argument above. In his article titled “Active and Passive Euthanasia,” he explains two scenarios; a case involving a patient with incurable throat cancer, and another involving a baby with Down’s syndrome and a easily treatable intestinal blockage. Though these arguments cover a wide range of cases, they don’t appear to apply to Ms. Reese’s case. Throughout James Rachels’ discussion of the morality of active versus passive euthanasia, he fails to…

doctor, the patient is administered to either surgery or physical therapy depending on which option the patient chooses. Both the options in almost all cases do help improve the pain of the patient, but the question is which option is responsible for the most improvement…