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The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 35.3M views · 2018-05-13 · 7:09

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An animated Kurzgesagt explainer on bacteriophages, viruses that kill bacteria, covering how they infect and burst cells and their potential as therapy against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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HN commenters link it whenever phage therapy or antibiotic resistance comes up, as an accessible overview.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2026

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Biology & biotechnologyMedicine & infectious disease
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bratwurst3000 · 2023-01 · Recommendation

Thank you very much. I google a bit and here in germany we are allready building a database and a stock of phagea for specific bacteria. They allready have over 1000 phages. They also have „phage cocktails“ for broadband. They also state your points. Thanks again. Here the link in german [LINK] And this video is rly interesting [VIDEO]

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burnished · 2022-05 · Recommendation

The latter half of a charming video by Kurzgesagt[0] talks about the tension between anti-bacterial resistance and bacteriophage defenses - we might be able to see-saw treatments based on what local microbes have adapted to. I only mention it as a tangent, and because your comment makes me think you'd be interested. [0] [VIDEO]

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amingilani · 2018-07 · Recommendation

Relevant Kurzgesagt video explaining _everything_ about bacteriophage[1]. I posted this a while ago, but since it's a video it didn't get much attention. [1]: [VIDEO]

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