Rapid test for cystitis deploys phages to destroy pathogens

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Source: Matthew Dunne / ScopeM / ETH Zurich

Scientists have developed a rapid test that employs the natural viral predators of bacteria, bacteriophages. The researchers also genetically modified the phages to make them more efficient at destroying the pathogenic bacteria.

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