Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine

Stephen T. Abedon

Publications

• Review Article
  Phage Therapy: Emergent Property Pharmacology
  Author(s): Andrew J. Curtright and Stephen T. AbedonAndrew J. Curtright and Stephen T. Abedon
  
  Phage therapy is the application to bodies of bacteriophages – the viruses of bacteria. This is done to combat bacterial infections. In this article we combine three themes, phage therapy, pharmacology, and the concept of emergent properties. We do this to explore what is unique along with what is not so unique about phage therapy, as viewed from a pharmacological standpoint. At the same time, we consider the place of phage therapy, and drugs generally, within the larger scheme that is biology. We make these latter considerations predominantly in terms of emergent properties, which are system characteristics that exist, qualitatively, at ‘higher’ but not ‘lower’ levels of organization. The latter is a relevant consideration especially in exploring the pharmacology of ‘living’ antibacterials, as are phages, which at lower levels can be viewed a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-593X.S6-002

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