We’re hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Can we fight back using viruses as weapons? An obscure medical therapy uses certain viruses called bacteriophages to treat infection. For a century attempts to turn phage-therapy into a life-saving treatment have faltered, but today there’s renewed interest in this approach. Can we use phages to forestall the antibiotic crisis? 
Guests:
<a href="https://people.ucd.ie/claas.kirchhelle">Claas Kirchhelle</a> – Medical historian at the University College, Dublin
<a href="https://www.tomirelandjournalism.com/">Tom Ireland</a> – Journalist, editor of The Biologist and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Virus-Mysterious-Microbes-Health/dp/1529365287/">The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage</a>”
<a href="https://profiles.ucsd.edu/steffanie.strathdee">Steffanie Strathdee</a> – Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Diego
<a href="https://profiles.ucsd.edu/thomas.patterson">Tom Patterson</a> – Professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego
<a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/es/episodes/no-es-solo-un-fago">Descripción en español</a>
Featuring music by <a href="http://www.deweydellay.com/">Dewey Dellay</a> and <a href="https://www.junmiyake.com/biographyenglish">Jun Miyake</a>
Originally aired August 12, 2024
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