«The food safety preparations, the possible acne treatment, these are all potential icebreakers — incremental steps toward acceptance of
phage therapeutics,» says Graham Hatfull, a biology professor and co-director of the University of Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute.
For now, Adaptive
Phage Therapeutics plans to use the AI system at its Maryland office to determine the best course of treatment for a patient, choose the right phage from its collection, and send the phage to the hospital.
AmpliPhi and Adaptive
Phage Therapeutics have successfully treated more than two dozen patients with life - threatening conditions and are currently treating a few others under an emergency use authorization granted by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Not exact matches
There is considerable interest in using
phages as diagnostics and
therapeutics of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria.