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Micky works with bacteriophages (translated as 'bacteria-eaters') to target the harmful Clostridium difficile bacterium, and is working to provide an alternative therapy to the traditional antibiotic treatment of C. Diff infections.
Filmed at the Synthetic Biology Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.
http://sbrc-nottingham.ac.uk/
With thanks to the BBSRC and EPSRC
Filmed and edited by James Hennessy
The Test Tube (nottinghamscience) channel is produced by Brady Haran
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