BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 31 -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release:

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Researchers Develop Innovative Phage-Based Strategy Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative treatments to combat bacterial infections using (bacterio)phages, viruses that attack and destroy bacteria.