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The Magistral Phage

2018; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/v10020064

1999-4915

Jean‐Paul Pirnay, Gilbert Verbeken, Pieter‐Jan Ceyssens, Isabelle Huys, Daniël De Vos, Charlotte Ameloot, Alan Fauconnier,

Microbial infections and disease research

Since time immemorial, phages—the viral parasites of bacteria—have been protecting Earth’s biosphere against bacterial overgrowth. Today, phages could help address the antibiotic resistance crisis that affects all of society. The greatest hurdle to the introduction of phage therapy in Western medicine is the lack of an appropriate legal and regulatory framework. Belgium is now implementing a pragmatic phage therapy framework that centers on the magistral preparation (compounding pharmacy in the US) of tailor-made phage medicines.