The Georgian Scientists Championing Medicine Ignored by the West (2002)

Bio Terror & Superbugs (2002): Phages were dismissed in the West as ineffective, but research in Georgia tells a very different story.

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The Eliava Bacteriophage Institute is at the forefront of the battle against both superbugs and bio terror attack. It was typical of an old Soviet research institute working with ancient equipment in primitive conditions. But now its results are impressive. A bacteriorphage is a virus that preys only on bacteria. Not only do bacteriophages offer solutions to the threats of bio- terrorism, they have wider implications in the battle against the 'superbugs' - bacteria resistant to all known forms of antibiotic. Scientists here have been working on a bacteriophage to combat anthrax and to protect animals and crops against bio terrorism.

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