Though viruses are known for causing disease, not all of them are harmful. In fact, some viruses in your body are important for your overall health and may even help eliminate infections. Called “bacteriophages,” these “good” viruses are natural antibiotics that pack a mean punch against bad bacteria. What are bacteriophages? The community of viruses inside your body is called the “virome.” The … Continue reading Not all bad: How “good” viruses boost your well-being
Local lake virus saves man suffering from life-threatening, antibiotic resistant heart infection
An 80-year old Connecticut man owed his life to a virus taken from a nearby lake. Experimental bacteriophage therapy with the OMKO1 virus eliminated an antibiotic-resistant infection that was threatening the man’s heart, according to a LiveScience article. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) in New Haven, Connecticut reported that the naturally-occurring virus succeeded in treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which resisted conventional antibiotic … Continue reading Local lake virus saves man suffering from life-threatening, antibiotic resistant heart infection
Natural bacteria-killing viruses in the bladder may prove more effective at clearing UTIs than antibiotics
Our body is home to a lot of organisms besides our cells. While some of them may be pathogenic, waiting for a chance to strike, most of them help us out a lot. A case in point: A recent study has reported that bacterial viruses called bacteriophages (or phages for short), which infect and replicate … Continue reading Natural bacteria-killing viruses in the bladder may prove more effective at clearing UTIs than antibiotics
Bacteriophage therapy, the amazing cure for MRSA being ignored by mainstream medicine
It has been used as an effective treatment against bacterial infections for nearly 100 years, but the medical-industrial complex today refuses to recognize it as a valid form of medicine. And yet bacteriophage therapy, also known as phage therapy, has been shown time and time again to cure methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and various other … Continue reading Bacteriophage therapy, the amazing cure for MRSA being ignored by mainstream medicine
