{
  "id": 961386,
  "title": "A Novel Metric for Quantifying the Sustainability of Phage-Mediated Bacterial Suppression",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/a-novel-metric-for-quantifying-the-sustainability-of-phage-mediated",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744844v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The global spread of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria represents one of the greatest threats to modern medicine, making the development of novel therapeutic strategies urgent. Phage therapy, which exploits bacteriophages (phages, viruses that infect and kill bacteria) has regained attention as a therapeutic approach for multidrug-resistant infections. One critical determinant of treatment…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}