S1E10: In a time of public health uncertainty, UW-Madison researchers look to the stars for new therapeutics
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As antibiotic resistant bacterium become more prevalent, rendering antibiotics useless for a growing number of illnesses, researchers at UW-Madison are exploring phages as an alternative therapeutic.
\\nScientists have begun to work with phages, viruses that kill bacteria but don\'t appear to harm humans, and Dr. Vatsan Raman\'s lab will go the extra thousands of miles as they launch phages and e.coli into orbit, aboard the International Space Station, to see how the microorganisms interact in micro-gravity.
\\nThe cargo spacecraft, with phages on board, launched Saturday, February 15.
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