You see, more than 700,000 people died globally from bacterial infections last year — 35,000 of them in the U.S.

But the idea to use a virus to kill off bacteria is not necessarily new.

Right about then antibiotics came along and Western scientists just never seemed to explore the therapy further.

But McBride hopes his viral solution will prove itself out in time to help the coming onslaught of antibiotic resistance.

“We know the antibiotic resistant challenge is large now and is only going to get worse,” McBride said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1584829807.5001528/YC-startup-Felix-wants-to-replace-antibiotics-with-programmable-viruses-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience