Submitted by TheRappingSquid t3_12588sk in Futurology
Phoenix5869 t1_je3gi3f wrote
i’m not an expert so i could be wrong, but i don’t think it works like that. Bacteriophages are specially designed to seek and destroy bacteria, and i don’t think they will work on cells. Could be wrong tho
TheRappingSquid OP t1_je3tsk8 wrote
Well not naturally no, I figured with some sort of augmentations ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I think they were trying to use them against cancer cells at one point but I could be wrong
DiscipleOfLucy t1_je51aod wrote
Oncolytic Viral Therapies exist, but they don’t use phages because phages are specialized for bacteria. One therapy for melanoma uses a modified Herpes virus for example.
TheRappingSquid OP t1_je7w8t9 wrote
Herpes? That's pretty interesting :O
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