The first Canadian study using phages to treat superbug infections is underway with scientists reporting a preliminary but encouraging early success case.

(Avis Favaro/CTV News)

To save a click: 72-year-old woman cured of a treatment-resistant e-coli infection in a study led by Dr. Greg German, an infectious disease physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital, part of Unity Health in Toronto. She had been suffering from it since age 65.

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