Viruses!
I’m currently in a ‘Bacteriophage Research’ class. Bacteriophages infect and kill specific bacteria.
During the class we will collect dirt samples with the vials (pictured above) and filter out everything except the remaining bacteriophages. Once isolated we will go to The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN to get the Genome Sequenced.
This may sound boring, but it’s not! For example, Leprosy is caused by a bacterium. Isolate bacteriphage that kills only bacterium responsible for leprosy. BOOM. Super easy alternative cure for Leprosy (may not be that easy…) But still.
Genome sequencing is THE future of medicine. Google it quick, you’ll see.
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Tags: bacteriophage, research, Science
