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Phage therapy is the therapeutic use of bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. It leverages viruses that specifically target and destroy bacteria.
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Bacteriophage: A virus that infects and replicates within bacteria.
Antibiotic Resistance: The ability of bacteria to withstand the effects of an antibiotic.
Lytic Cycle: A process where a bacteriophage takes over a cell's machinery to produce more phages, resulting in cell lysis.