Bacteriophage therapy
Potentiation
The effect of increasing the potency or effectiveness of a drug or other treatment.
Predation
The preying of one animal on others.
Prophage
The genetic material of a temperate bacteriophage, incorporated into the genome of a bacterium and able to produce phages if specifically activated. Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds which have large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms, especially as structural components of body tissues such as muscle, hair, etc., and as enzymes (biological catalysts) and antibodies. The treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation. A nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins, although, in some viruses, RNA rather than DNA carries the genetic information. A French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time,
Protein
Radiotherapy
Ribonucleic acid (RNA)
The Pasteur Institute
Therapeutic
Relating to the healing of disease.
Therapy
Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.
Topical
Relating or applied directly to a part of the body.
Ultra- microscopic
Too small to be seen by an ordinary optical microscope.
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