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Steffanie Strathdee & Thomas Patterson

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Video and TV Appearances

How naturally occurring viruses could help treat superbug infections | CNN

Phages are naturally occurring viruses that infect and kill bacteria. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta meets the researchers scouring the world to see if phages could be the key to treating antibiotic resistant infections.

What’s Next If Antibiotics Stop Working?

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How does a virus eat bacteria? | CNN

Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee explains an innovative discovery to fight against superbugs. For more Life Itself talks and related articles visit here.

Has COVID-19 made the superbug crisis worse? – National | Globalnews.ca

Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, is projected to claim 10 million lives every year by 2050; superbugs with no treatment options. Now experts worry the pandemic has made AMR worse.

VIDEO: When the Drug is Alive: Treating Superbug Infections with Bacteriophage Therapy

In 2016, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee was involved in a remarkable case where she and her colleagues revived a hundred year old forgotten cure – bacteriophage therapy – to save her husband’s life from a deadly superbug infection. Strathdee shares the details of her family’s story and discusses ethical issues related to treating bacterial infections with viruses.

How a Long-Forgotten Treatment Is Curing People of Superbug Infections

The only center of its kind in North America is reviving phage therapy

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Bloomberg Originals on Twitter: “”Antibiotics aren’t working like they used to be because of multi-drug resistance.”Steffanie Strathdee’s husband was dying from a superbug infection, until she found a 100-year-old cure: phage therapy. More @BW: https://t.co/zJxsPI2KrV pic.twitter.com/RndPHRIX00 / Twitter”

“Antibiotics aren’t working like they used to be because of multi-drug resistance.”Steffanie Strathdee’s husband was dying from a superbug infection, until she found a 100-year-old cure: phage therapy. More @BW: https://t.co/zJxsPI2KrV pic.twitter.com/RndPHRIX00

Steffanie Strathdee Manova 2019

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DECOUVERTE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

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*This video is used with permission of the owner.

Near Futures Summit, May 2019

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Bacterial Phages and The Miraculous Story of a Promising Cure for Antibiotic Resistance

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Super Battle with a Superbug | TVO Today

Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson talk to Nam Kiwanuka about their struggle to fight an antibiotic-resistant superbug.

Center For Phage Technology Spearheads The Battle Against ‘Superbugs’

The Texas A&M Center for Phage Technology is leveraging the evolutionary battle fought for billions of years between phages and bacteria to combat bacterial infections in humans that have become resistant to antibiotics.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?458717-1/the-perfect-predator

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save her Husband from a Deadly Superbug

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Scientist Opens Up About Saving Husband From Deadly Superbug | TODAY

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Season 3, Episode 4

Watch Follow This | Netflix Official Site

Follow the reporters at BuzzFeed as they probe topics ranging from quirky internet crazes to safe injection spaces for opioid users. Watch trailers & learn more.

How Sewage Saved My Husband’s Life from a Superbug | Steffanie Strathdee | TEDxNashville

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Phage Treatment Saves A Life

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Tom Sings “I Feel Good” from his Hospital Bed – April 2016

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Tom Thanks his Doctors – March 2016

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Steffanie Strathdee: IPATH

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Steffanie describes the launch of IPATH

Steffanie Strathdee: Why has phage therapy been so overlooked

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Steffanie describes why phage therapy has been overlooked

Steffanie Strathdee: How I discovered phage therapy

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How Steffanie re-discovered phage therapy

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