• Phages: a virus on our side?

  • Dec 5 2024
  • Length: 18 mins
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Phages: a virus on our side?

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  • Chantal Babb de Villiers, Senior Policy Analyst at the PHG Foundation, talks us through bacteriophages, otherwise known as phages, their growing interest, their current usage and what might be needed for phage therapy to take the next steps towards public healthcare.

    Welcome back to Making science work for health, the PHG Foundation podcast that explains the most promising developments in science and their implications for healthcare.

    In each episode, host Ofori Canacoo discusses with a PHG Foundation policy analyst, the underpinning science, the ambitions for improving population health and the impact it could have on patients, on society and on the people delivering your healthcare.

    If you would like to find out more about what was discussed in this episode, you can find additional information on our website, phgfoundation.org.

    Regarding phages, Chantal has written a briefing on Phage therapy to treat AMR infections as well as two blogs: Examining whether viruses can combat antimicrobial resistance and Viruses for good – the case for phages.

    If you have any questions about the topic then you can email us at intelligence@phgfoundation.org.

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