Virus Armed with Gene Editing Catches Superbacteria

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A patient hovering between life and death after being infected with E. coli survived thanks to a virus. Although this E. coli was a superbug resistant to conventional antibiotics, it could not be defeated when the bacteriophage virus, which infects bacteria, was armed with gene editing technology. A research team led by Saima Aslam, a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, stated, “A 65-year-old male pati…