March 2018

Bacteriophages and phage products: Applications in medicine and biotechnological industries, and general concerns

Since their discovery in 1928 antibiotics have transformed medicine and saved millions of lives; however, the current global appearance of antibiotic resistance and absence of new antibiotics commercialization to the health sector return to the post-antibiotic era. Today, scientists are working to revive a century old technique of using bacteriophage as an option to currently available antibiotics in management of...

Author(s): Mulugeta Belay, Tesfaye Sisay and Tesfaye Wolde