I am fascinated by Phage Therapy, which is nearly one hundred years old. When it was first being used, antibiotics were introduced around the same time and phage therapy went under the radar. It is now making a massive comeback.
This is an alternative treatment to antibiotics that uses viruses that only infect bacteria and not human cells to kill harmful bacteria. They act as precision guided hunters that find their specific bacterial target, invade it, replicate inside, and burst it open. This process leaves your good bacteria and your body completely unharmed.
I have just ordered my first sampling kit to take part in the Phage Collection Project. They provide a sample pot so I can collect 50 mls of water from a toilet or the local environment. The sample will then be analysed for phages. Any that are found will be isolated and added to their biobank.
The best part is that if they find a phage, I will get to name it. I am easily pleased. 🎉🤣
It feels good to do my bit to help fight antibiotic resistance, which is one of the biggest threats in modern medicine.
You do not need to be a scientist to take part. You just need a bottle and some water from a pond, a river, or even your toilet.
🌟Join me.
🌟Collect a sample.
🌟Name a phage.
Help revive a century old cure for the medicine of tomorrow.✨
www.phage-collection.org/getinvolved
