Genetics: From Genes To Genomes (6th International Edition)
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ISBN: 9781260041217
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., ? Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., ? Janice Fischer, ? Leroy Hood Dr.
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Chapter 14, Problem 35P
Some scientists are trying to engineer bacteriophage to treat bacterial infections in humans when the infections
do not respond to chemical antibiotics.
| a. | What possible advantages might phage therapy have over antibiotic therapy? |
| b. | Describe potential difficulties that would need to be overcome for phage therapy to succeed. |
| c. | How might researchers best confront the issue that bacterial cells could become resistant to bacteriophage just as they could to antibiotics? |
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