Phage therapy
What is phage therapy?
Phage therapy or bacteriophage therapy is a way we can treat bacterial infections that are resistant to antibiotics by using viruses like bacteriophages.
Latest news
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead has launched a world-first clinical trial investigating the use of phage therapy to treat a chronic bacterial infection in children with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Patients with difficult-to-treat bacterial infections across NSW will soon have better access to limb and life-saving therapy known as phage therapy, thanks to a $3.5 million funding boost announced by the NSW Government.