Explaining the Science: The Potential of Bacteriophages in a Post-Antibiotics World

August 16, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes
Artist rendering of bacteriophages in yellow on bacterial cells in blue.

Artist rendering of bacteriophages. Image courtesy of the University of Texas.


Image shows the protein bacteriophages use to infect cells

Image of bacteriophage P22 infecting a cell. Image courtesy of Chunyan Wang.

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