Love Me Love My Phages -Bacteriophages - The New Antibiotics-Part1 Love Your Phages What Are Phages? Phages (short form of Bacteriophages) are viruses that destroy many of the bacteria that create terrible harm in humans, animals and many of our wonderful plant species, and even our marvelous coral reefs. With the threat of global warming, there is also the fear that many of these bacteria borne diseases may increase their levels of fatal or disability creating effects. History (From Wikipedia ) Since ancient times, there have been documented reports of river water having the ability to cure infectious diseases, such as leprosy. In 1896, Ernest Hanbury Hankin reported that something in the waters of the Ganges and Jumna rivers in India had marked antibac