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Phage therapy is being explored to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, but what are the direct effects of ... - EurekAlert


<p style="text-align:center"><strong>Phage therapy is being explored to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, but what are the direct effects of phages on the human host? </strong></p> <p style="text-align:center"><em>This study shows that therapeutic phages can be detected by epithelial cells of the human respiratory tract, eliciting proinflammatory responses that depend on specific phage properties and the airway microenvironment.</em></p>

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