bacteriophages
Logic
29 Jul 2012
Phages can do for medicine what antibiotics did initially IMO.
Problem is they are patentable; so pharma will, at the least, try to keep them in the dark.
From the reaction I have got to mentioning them in the past; it would seem that they are too controversial even for this forum.
Which is a real pity as I believe they have the ability to extend life by ridding one of all sorts of unidentified infections that cause what is thought of as autoimmune diseases.
Problem is they are patentable; so pharma will, at the least, try to keep them in the dark.
From the reaction I have got to mentioning them in the past; it would seem that they are too controversial even for this forum.
Which is a real pity as I believe they have the ability to extend life by ridding one of all sorts of unidentified infections that cause what is thought of as autoimmune diseases.
ihatesnow
29 Jul 2012
Phages can do for medicine what antibiotics did initially IMO.
Problem is they are patentable; so pharma will, at the least, try to keep them in the dark.
From the reaction I have got to mentioning them in the past; it would seem that they are too controversial even for this forum.
Which is a real pity as I believe they have the ability to extend life by ridding one of all sorts of unidentified infections that cause what is thought of as autoimmune diseases.
yes.......... but it may be a pity no longer since this new discovery
buckwheats
29 Jul 2012
hmm i thought the problem was that they were *not* patentable.
the wikipedia page did not suggest to me that they were that controversial when i read it. it seems like it was long known that river water could be used to treat infections. and i think the research into how this worked was carried out by some scientists in eastern europe, who elucidated that it was bacteria viruses. antibiotics just supplanted them for various reasons when they came along.
There is this one tiny country at least, Georgia i think it is, where you can get bacteriophage therapy for some infections like MRSA.
the wikipedia page did not suggest to me that they were that controversial when i read it. it seems like it was long known that river water could be used to treat infections. and i think the research into how this worked was carried out by some scientists in eastern europe, who elucidated that it was bacteria viruses. antibiotics just supplanted them for various reasons when they came along.
There is this one tiny country at least, Georgia i think it is, where you can get bacteriophage therapy for some infections like MRSA.
Logic
30 Jul 2012
yes.......... but it may be a pity no longer since this new discovery
I hope so!
Logic
30 Jul 2012
hmm i thought the problem was that they were *not* patentable...
...There is this one tiny country at least, Georgia i think it is, where you can get bacteriophage therapy for some infections like MRSA.
Oops; yes; *not* patentable.
Yes; Georgia. Apparently the facility there is in a bad way due to a dire lack of finance.
