Bacteriophage having multiple host range
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsCarl R. Merril, Sankar Adhya, Dean Scholl
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Abstract
The present invention discloses compositions and methods for the prophylaxis and treatment of bacterial infections by the use of polyvalent bacteriophage having multiple host range.
Claims39
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a phage that comprises a plurality of different host tail proteins specific for multiple hosts and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a phage that comprises a mammalian cell surface-receptor ligand on the tail of said phage and, wherein the phage genome encodes a therapeutic gene product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.