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> are only active against a narrow strain of bacteria unlike antibiotics

And this makes them “not worth…developing” why?

(The comparison to antibiotics was that the antibiotic-bacteria system is coevolving too. Exhibit A: TFA on antibiotic resistance.)

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Much slower, we are still using 100 year old antibiotics. Money one phage is going to make is much smaller. This is not cost effective to go through the whole process.

> 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.

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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