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		JumpCrisscross 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infect... > Money one phage is going to make is much smaller Again, what are you basing this on? > This is not cost effective to go through the whole process Now do personalized medicine.

looofooo0 3 months ago [–]

Phages are binding to very specific proteins, where as antibiotics disrupt more fundamental processes.

Personal medicine as in individual combination of existing drugs is easier to achieve in current regulatory framework then using new drugs.

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