Bacteria-eating viruses 'magic bullets in the war on superbugs' - 0 views
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A specialist team of scientists from the University of Leicester has isolated viruses that eat bacteria -- called phages -- to specifically target the highly infectious hospital superbug Clostridium difficile
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predominantly been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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been investigating an alternative approach to antibiotics, which utilizes naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages, meaning 'eaters of bacteria'.
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