He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages ( viruses that infect bacteria ) and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy.
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They have a high therapeutic index, that is, phage therapy would be expected to give rise to few strain.
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Researchers and observers predict that for phage therapy to be successful the FDA must change its regulatory stance on combination drug cocktails.
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:: Bacteriophages have long been used in phage therapy, which has been used effectively in Russia for half a century.
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Destruction of the resistant bacteria can also be achieved by phage therapy, in which a specific bacteriophage ( virus that kills bacteria ) is used.
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While knowledge was being accumulated regarding the biology of phages and how to use phage cocktails correctly, early uses of phage therapy were often unreliable.
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Although not " phage therapy " in the original sense, the use of phages as delivery mechanisms for traditional antibiotics constitutes another possible therapeutic use.
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He refused and was largely bed ridden for four years until phage therapy at the Eliava Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia, eliminated the bacterial infection.
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During the following year, doctors and scientists across western Europe took a heightened interest in phage therapy, successfully testing it against a variety of diseases.
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In 1923, Eliava founded a bacteriological institute in Tbilisi on the basis of the laboratory he headed since 1921, to research and promote phage therapy.
