Sentences with phrase «as phage therapy»
D'Herelle's treatment came to be known as phage therapy.
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As a result, phage therapy is now used only for the sickest patients, as a treatment of last resorAs a result, phage therapy is now used only for the sickest patients, as a treatment of last resoras a treatment of last resort.
Phages were used for more than 75 years as therapy in Eastern Europe, but they fell out of favour in the western world when antibiotics were discovered.
For example, specially targeted phages have been suggested as a possible therapy for conditions like cystic fibrosis, which is caused by frequent bacterial lung infections.