Africa: Could These Bacteria-Killing Viruses Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance? a New Discovery Takes Us Closer
With their spindly legs and geometric heads, they look more like miniature spacecraft than anything living on Earth. But bacteriophages, or simply phages, are among the most abundant biological entities on the planet. These microscopic agents are viruses that can infect and kill bacteria, offering an intriguing alternative to antibiotics at a time that drug-resistant…