Eli5 what are phages (the medical alternative to antibiotics) and how do they work?

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Eli5 what are phages (the medical alternative to antibiotics) and how do they work?

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Good podcast episode recently (from the Economist) that covers phages and their potential to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria. Even follows a Canadian patient to a clinic in (former Soviet republic) Georgia, where phage therapy is not uncommon.

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYWNhc3QuY29tL3RoZWVjb25vbWlzdGFsbGF1ZGlv/episode/NjQ2NTEwNTk3NDk5MGIwMDExZWJmZGRl?ep=14

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