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== History of Phage Therapy == | == History of Phage Therapy == | ||
:The discovery of bacteriophage have been subject to debate as to the offical claims of founding. Ernest Hankin, a British bacteriologist, first reported in 1896 on observation of an unidentified antibacterial preventing the spread of cholera (Vibrio cholerae) in the rivers Ganges and Jumna in India [21]. Russian bacteriologist Gamaleya observed a similar phenomenon while working with Bacillus subtilis [48]. The first to hypothesize Bacteriophage as a virus that infects bacteria host cells was Frederick Twort, bacteriologist from England in the early 1900s [70], however due to various reasons such as lack of funds, could not pursue his findings. It was not until two years later that Felix d'Herelle, a French-Canadian microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris "offically" discovers Bacteriophage, which he named after "bacteria" and "phagein" or to devour, in Greek[68,70]. | :The discovery of bacteriophage have been subject to debate as to the offical claims of founding. Ernest Hankin, a British bacteriologist, first reported in 1896 on observation of an unidentified antibacterial preventing the spread of cholera (Vibrio cholerae) in the rivers Ganges and Jumna in India [21]. Russian bacteriologist Gamaleya observed a similar phenomenon while working with Bacillus subtilis [48]. The first to hypothesize Bacteriophage as a virus that infects bacteria host cells was Frederick Twort, bacteriologist from England in the early 1900s [70], however due to various reasons such as lack of funds, could not pursue his findings. It was not until two years later that Felix d'Herelle, a French-Canadian microbiologist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris "offically" discovers Bacteriophage, which he named after "bacteria" and "phagein" or to devour, in Greek[68,70]. | ||
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