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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

3 Phages

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Scientists used three phages (Muddy, BPs, and ZoeJ, shown, left to right, in electron micrographs) to treat a patient's bacterial infection. All three phages were discovered by college students (Muddy - Durban, South Africa/2010; BPs - University of Pittsburgh/2006; ZoeJ - Providence College/ 2012).

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R. M. Dedrick <em>et al.</em>/<em>Nature Medicine</em> 2019

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