Scientist Used Live Viruses To Save A Woman’s Life From A Superbug Infection

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Paige Rogers had been connected to an IV at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, for 25 days last year when her doctor came in with lab results showing she’d run out of options. The infection colonizing her lungs was no longer responding to antibiotics.

Rogers had been born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes thick mucus to form in the lungs where bacteria can get trapped and multiply. The disease leads to persistent infections and harms the ability to breathe over time. The life expectancy of the nearly 30,000 people with the disease in the US is only 37 years old.