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Re:I believed we would face an antibiotics apocalypse, until... by DonaldFisk on Saturday November 21, 2015 @08:44PM (#10608738)
Indeed, regulations will have to change before phage therapy is used. This should be done.

Re allergy: cite? It's of course possible to be allergic to other components of phage preparation, but I don't think anyone is allergic to the phages themselves. Many people are allergic to antibiotics, particularly those in the penicillin group.

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Re:I believed we would face an antibiotics apocalypse, until... by danieltillett on Saturday November 21, 2015 @10:03PM (#10608911)
While I agree the regulations should change I can't see the likes of the FDA changing anytime soon.

You can create anti-phage antibodies (here is a paper from 1933 on doing this [1], there are hundreds more) - if you can create antibodies to something then you can create an allergy to that thing.

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2048399/pdf/brje...

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