The development of antibiotics was one of the greatest turning points in the history of medicine. Bacterial infections that were once death sentences were cured within a matter of days after administration of these lifesaving compounds. But the honeymoon didn&rsquo;t last long, as resistant bacterial strains emerged and spread. Now, antimicrobial resistance poses one of the greatest threats to global health; frankly, we can&rsquo;t invent new antibiotics faster than resistance develops. Fortunately, there may be a solution, one that has existed even before antibiotics came on the scene: phage therapy, the use of bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. In&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/3175/9781250283382" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bookshop.org/a/3175/9781250283382&source=gmail&ust=1755268542008000&usg=AOvVaw3h_dYSsrJjbVsvcZM13zFw">The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure Was Nearly Lost&mdash;and Why It Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail</a>, author&nbsp;<a href="https://linazeldovich.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://linazeldovich.com/&source=gmail&ust=1755268542008000&usg=AOvVaw31PhL3iQ18qsLm9acZ9mto">Lina Zeldovich</a>&nbsp;takes readers through the incredible and long-forgotten story of phage therapy and the doctors who developed it. Tune in to learn how phage therapy, after almost being relegated to a footnote in the history of medicine, is reemerging as a possible solution to the deadly problem of antimicrobial resistance. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu">https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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