Tech Transfer: Phage Therapy

Guest: Sandra Hope, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Miology, Brigham Young University; Mike Alder, Director, Technology Transfer Office, Brigham Young University Antibiotics kill bacteria. You know that. But did you know bacteria actually make their own antibiotics to kill other bacteria? It’s one of their defense mechanisms. And, BYU microbiology professor Sandra Hope has figured out how to harness the antibiotic generating ability of bacteria fight infection.