This is definitely the future. But looks like you would have to leave the country to get it. Other countries will advance much faster than we ever will. I contacted the Georgia facility once, several years ago. They do not have phage for coinfections and said it would cost 500k to develop it. This was as of 2010 or so.
Posted by springshowers (Member # 19863) on :
2014 response to my inquiry is
"I am sorry to inform you that there are no therapeutic phages for the lyme-causing bacteria and therefore phage therapy would not be an appropriate treatment.
Thank you for contacting our clinic.
With kind regards, Giorgi Namgaladze, Patient Coordinator Phage Therapy Center"
Posted by springshowers (Member # 19863) on :
Ps. It was linked somewhere online to the clinic that they did treat lyme there in Georgia. Maybe it was an old link and they removed it as Lyme is not listed under conditions once you get there following the link
Posted by applewine (Member # 26220) on :
Phage are larger than molecules, so I don't know if they could penetrate as well as typical antibiotics.
It may be a potential treatment, however there will be no cures or funding for cures until we know and can prove there is a specific infection.
It all starts with a test and that probably means antigens. The nano-trap antigen test is due out this summer in its first iteration. Perhaps that will bring some clarity to this issue.
You can't know what you are trying to cure or even develop a cure if you don't have a way to test for something or prove it is there.