preview

Phage Research Paper

Decent Essays

As shown in the above results finding a phage is not guaranteed. Even when using multiple different soil samples and different protocol to isolate a phage there is still chance you won’t find a phage. There were no phages present within any of the plates there are a lot of reasons why this might be. The main reason is probably because of possible errors such as removing from the aseptic zone which would prevent contamination or having improper techniques for top agar pouring which could also screw the data. A lot of the soil samples collected were very dense and when we got our enrichment medium soil mixture back from the shakers we did notice that our soil samples had not separated as much as other groups. This could have caused contamination …show more content…

Though antibiotics have been able to be used in the past to help treat and cure diseases resistance to most antibiotics is building up fast and medicine needs a new way to treat these diseases and many other issues. With the use of phage therapy this has become possible since phages attack specific bacteria it is unlikely that resistance issues will arise like with antibiotics. Also, unlike antibiotics you will most likely only need one low dose so it is most likely going to be more effective since there shouldn’t patient cooperation issues. Another advantage of using bacteriophages is that new phages are being discovered everyday leading to more breakthroughs in disease control, bacterial contamination, and many other issues. Though there are many advantages to using bacteriophages there are a few disadvantages. One disadvantage is that in order to prescribe phages doctors will need to have an extended amount of knowledge on the matter which may me that some doctors will choose not use them. Another disadvantage would be that phages have a very narrow host range means that’s in order to prescribe them you will need to know the specific host you are trying to infect which could me running a lot of test. Overall, so far the advantages out weight the disadvantages but there is still a lot more research that needs to be conducted but one thing that we can be sure of is that phages are changing the face of medicine and leading to extreme changes in the scientific

Get Access