Hey there, it's Anjay. I wanted to share an important story that I reported on recently for

CNN. As you probably know, antibiotic resistance is a growing problem around the world that's

been that way for decades.

While drug developers scramble to find the next new antibiotics to fight these so-called superbugs,

there is a loose coalition of scientists who are now taking a different approach.

In a sense what they're doing is pitting two of humankind's microscopic enemies against each other.

Viruses versus bacteria.

And they're not just any viruses.

The researchers are talking about phages.

These are viruses that attack and eat dangerous bacteria.

There are trillions of these phages out there just waiting to be

discovered and deployed. Now the story starts with one woman's desperate attempt to

save her husband's life. Antibiotics had failed to clear up a resistant infection

that was now killing him.

It was a scientific breakthrough that changed the trajectory of medicine.

1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a London lab.

It was quickly hailed as a miracle drug.

Since then, antibiotics have no question been widely used to save countless lives.

They're very effective and simple to use in general for treating bacterial infections.

But not even a hundred years later,

the bugs have fought back.

They have become superbugs.

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