Viruses may save millions of lives - Taipei Times

It might seem strange after the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed millions and turned the world upside down, but viruses could save just as many lives.
In a petri dish in a laboratory in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, a battle is going on between antibiotic-resistant bacteria and “friendly” viruses.
This small nation in the Caucasus region has pioneered research on a groundbreaking way to tackle the looming nightmare of bacteria becoming resistant to the antibiotics on which the world depends.
Long overlooked in the West, bacteriophages or bacteria-eating viruses are now being used on some of the most difficult medical cases, including a

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