Los AngelesA patient’s infected mass halved in a week.
Antimicrobial resistance kills more people than malaria and HIV combined worldwide each year.
Phages infect only one bacterial species, sparing the microbiome, while their CRISPR payload cuts DNA the germ cannot evolve past.
SNIPR now has 12 more compassionate-use requests but says trials alone can confirm the treatment works.
Sources: New Scientist