Fagen: de virussen die antibiotica resistente bacteriën kunnen bestrijden | Microbros

Phages are a controversial, but promising medicine against antibiotic-resistant bacteria - and you can find them in any river on the world. We are at the beginning of an antibiotic crisis. We are rapidly running out of effective antibiotics and a nightmare scenario is dawning: The World Health Organization predicts that 10 million people will die annually from antibiotic-resistant bacteria by 2050. That is more than there are deaths from cancer every year. One of the possible alternatives to antibiotics is phage therapy; a therapy in which bacteriophages (viruses that only target bacteria) are used to infect and kill bacteria. In this documentary, we visit visionary scientists and research laboratories around the world to talk about the most promising phage research. During our voyage of discovery we will learn an important lesson: the time in which we could simply take a pill that solves all our problems, will soon be over. n 2015 and 2016, VICE produced the series Microbros, a series about how micro-organisms will save humanity. This video was made possible in part by the KNVM, the Royal Dutch Society for Microbiology. Subscribe to VICE Nederland: http://bit.ly/Abonneer-op-VICE Also subscribe to the VICE's international channel: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Watch our videos in Dutch: http://bit.ly/VICEnl-Videos Watch our worldwide video library: http://bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily articles and more: http://vice.com More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo Follow VICE Nederland on Instagram:   / vicenl   Like VICE Nederland on Facebook: http://fb.com/vicenederland Follow VICE Nederland on Twitter:   / vicenl   Click here to receive VICE's weekly newsletter in Dutch: https://www.vice.com/nl/page/nieuwsbrief The VICE YouTube Network: VICE:    / vice   MUNCHIES:    / munchies   VICE News:    / vicenews   VICELAND:    / vicelandtv   Broadly:    / broadly   Noisey:    / noisey   Motherboard:    / motherboardtv   VICE Sports:    / noc   i-D:    / idmagazine   Waypoint:    / waypoint   #Microbros #Phages #Viruses #AntibioticResistance #VICE