As a global debate rages on the future of antibiotics due to the presence of yet another "superbug," NDM-I resisting all known antibiotic treatments, the health community is seriously looking at alternate options. One of the most promising alternatives appears to be the use of bacterio-phages, the viruses that kill bacteria, which was used extensively in many parts of the world prior to the discovery of the wonder antibiotic Penicillin in the 1920s. The super convenience of Penicillin and other antibiotics relegated phages to the background.
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