Superbugs Are Nearly Impossible to Fight. This Last-Resort Medical Treatment Offers Hope.

On the evening of Nov. 7, Steffanie Strathdee sent out a cryptic tweet: “#Phage researchers! I am working with a team to get Burkholderia cepacia phages to treat a 25 y old woman with CF whose infection has failed all #antibiotics. We need lytic non-lysogenic phage URGENTLY to find suitable phage matches. Email if you can help!” The message was retweeted nearly 400 times………………………………..

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Bacteriophages, which are viruses, attack by invading and replicating inside drug-resistant bacteria, causing them to explode

These bacterial colonies were grown in petri dishes at the Kolter Lab at Harvard Medical School. Many species of bacteria have evolved to become superbugs, which can be lethal