https://www.nature.com/news/modified-viruses-deliver-death-to-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-1.22173
Genetically modified viruses that cause bacteria to kill themselves could be the next step in combating antibiotic-resistant infections.
Several companies have engineered such viruses, called bacteriophages, to use the CRISPR gene-editing system to kill specific bacteria, according to a presentation at the CRISPR 2017 conference in Big Sky, Montana, last week. These companies could begin clinical trials of therapies as soon as next year.