Bacteriophages Instead of Antibiotics? Our Weapon Against Superbugs!🦠
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What are bacteriophages? What potential do they have, and why might they be better than antibiotics? Why are new antibiotics practically nonexistent? What happens when superbugs become resistant to antibiotics? And why aren't we still using phages on a large scale? We discuss that in this episode. Watch :-)
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Script:
0. Introduction 00:00
1. Why do some bacteria harm us, while others are essential for life? 02:02
2. Why are new antibiotics practically not being developed? 03:45
3. How to limit the formation of superbugs? 04:34
4. What are superbugs? 06:22
5. An alternative to antibiotics: bacteriophages! 07:44
6. Why do bacteriophages kill bacteria but don't harm humans? 10:24
7. Where are phages used for treatment? 11:53
8. What is the BINWIT platform and how does it help scientists? 12:24
The BINWIT project is co-financed by European Union funds from the Digital Poland Operational Programme.
https://binwit.pl/