Are phages ready to emerge from their 'disillusionment' phase?

Funding gaps may have quieted headlines about phages, but industry experts say the work has continued behind the scenes and has yielded promising results.

Microscopic bacteriophage virus attacking bacterial cell surface
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Startup industries often refer to the slump of interest that comes after the peak of hype about a new product as the ‘trough of disillusionment’ — the moment when customers and investors realize that launching an entirely new technology will take a lot of work, and probably won’t change the world overnight.

This is where the phage industry currently finds itself.

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