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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Phage therapy treats patient with drug-resistant bacterial infection

Summary

Scientists have used an experimental therapy that relies on bacteria-infecting viruses collected, in part, through HHMI’s SEA-PHAGES program to fight a Mycobacterium infection in a 15-year-old girl.

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Glowing molecule can reveal live TB bacteria

A new technique may one day allow fast, simple detection of the bacterium that causes TB, as well as a way to monitor whether drugs are working.

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