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Science 25 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5594, p. 730
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5594.730
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BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY:
Food and Agriculture: Testing Grounds for Phage Therapy

Richard Stone

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aired draft regulations requiring manufacturers to test potential livestock pharmaceuticals for their ability to help pathogens acquire resistance to human drugs. But farmers are concerned that they could be left with fewer weapons to combat food-borne pathogens. Some advocates believe that phages--viruses that attack bacteria--could offer a solution.

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