Episode 1025 • • 1:46:55 - 1:51:34
1025: Blotto in Biloxi
Bacteriophage Therapy for Antibiotic Resistant Infections
The hosts discuss bacteriophage therapy as an alternative to failing antibiotics. Because the treatment is difficult to access in the EU and US due to regulatory hurdles and lack of interest from Big Pharma, patients are traveling to clinics in the Republic of Georgia. The therapy uses specific viruses to target and kill harmful bacteria.