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New Approach Could Lower Antibiotic Requirements By 50 Times

Monday, January 29, 2007

Antibiotic doses could be reduced by up to 50 times using a new approach based on bacteriophages. Steven Hagens, previously at the University of Vienna, says that certain bacteriophages, a type of virus that infects bacteria, can boost the effectiveness of antibiotics gentamicin, gramacidin or tetracycline.
From: www.sciencedaily.com

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