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Isolation and characterization of broad-host-range bacteriophages and their alleviation of liver and kidney injury in a mouse model of S. aureus infection.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

Scientists found viruses that kill Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in milk and tested them in mice with infection-related liver and kidney injury. The viruses reduced damage in the mice, but this was not tested in people yet. A person with kidney disease should not expect this to help them today.

Who did this work

Yao X · Huang L · Jia C · Peng D · Cao R · Sun X · Han Y · Liu Y · Yang Y · Yang G · Wang Y · Li H

Source

Article · PubMed, Climate, heat and the kidney · 2026 Jun 24
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42629087/