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The return of the phage
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2011.234
Subject(s) - biology , computational biology , phage therapy , drug discovery , bacteriophage , data science , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , computer science , bioinformatics , gene , escherichia coli
Phages have been used to treat infectious diseases since their discovery nearly a century ago. Modern sequencing and genetic engineering technologies now enable researchers to vastly expand the use of phages as general drug delivery vehicles.