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Sad that the article is not talking about bacteriophages[1]. Basically viruses that infect other bacteria. The world is full of them (and even virophages: viruses that infect other viruses). The soviet union started experimenting them, and they seem to be used to treat hard-to-cure infections like Staphylococcus aureus, but I guess it died down somehow?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage

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From the bits and pieces I've heard, the problem is one of scaling. Bacteriophages had to be made bespoke for a specific patient.

I've heard that for stubborn cases it works really well. It's true it does not lend itself to mass manufacture the way antibiotics do but I believe, a typical lab with the right knowledge/equipment/resources should be able to do it. I saw a documentary a long time back where they do it Georgia, not sure how legit it is.

>but I guess it died down somehow?

I've heard that it lives on in Georgia.

It lives on everywhere! Lots of labs working on it in the US, we started a clinical trial in Australia called Phage Australia.

As the other post says, it's effective but cost prohibitive at scale, and biologics are a pain. It'll get here, but we need way better tools to lower the costs.

Hey thanks, that's cause for optimism.

Can you very, very briefly tell me what the biologics are in the case - cultures?

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