{"id":7863,"date":"2024-11-13T03:11:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=impact&#038;p=7863"},"modified":"2024-11-17T03:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T17:15:20","slug":"phage-therapy-changes-a-young-life","status":"publish","type":"impact","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/impact\/phage-therapy-changes-a-young-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Phage Therapy changes a young life"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7863\" class=\"elementor elementor-7863\" data-elementor-post-type=\"impact\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-480d543 cp-heroyellow max_2200 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"480d543\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f337fc e-con-full e-flex e-con 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rebecca Palone was helped by a unique therapy developed by the team at WIMR.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b7902 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12b7902\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e872bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e872bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7209be2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7209be2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fe3b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8fe3b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The therapy uses viruses called \u201cphages\u201d that eat deadly bacteria in the body to defend against antibiotic resistance.<\/p><p>\u201cThe amazing team, with the help of many people, arranged for the phage to be sent from America to the Westmead Children\u2019s Hospital for my daughter, for her to be injected with it every day for 12 months &#8211; it takes my breath away\u201d said Rebecca\u2019s mother Trudi. The HITH (Hospital in the Home) team \u201ccame to our home, school, my sister\u2019s home and even on Christmas Day. This was an amazing treatment.\u201d<\/p><p>The therapy has become relevant again thanks to Professor Jon Iredell and his team at WIMR. As resistance to antibiotics becomes more prevalent today, phage therapy has become a solution for patients like Rebecca Palone who has suffered from a series of bacterial infections, in addition to cystic fibrosis. <strong>Her mum says that phage therapy saved her daughter\u2019s life.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b8f8c e-con-full sticky_sec e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7b8f8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c6ae3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"9c6ae3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget widget_block\">\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"astra-advanced-hook-6102 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" 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