Re-evaluating what makes a phage unsuitable for therapy

Abstract One of the biggest challenges in phage therapy is selecting the ‘right’ phage. What constitutes a ‘good’ phage is unclear, but regulators are converging on exclusion criteria for ‘bad’ phages. Here, we examine three commonly applied criteria: the lack of virulence/antibiotic resistance, the...

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Main Authors: Bradley W. M. Cook, Alexander P. Hynes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44259-025-00117-z
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