Benjamin K. Chan (Chinese: 陳家明) is a research scientist at Yale University in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.[1] He was born in 1980 to a U.S. Asian father, an engineer, and an American mother. He is known for his work in phage therapy exploiting genetic trade-offs to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. He currently lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
Benjamin Chan | |
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| Born | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Known for | Phage Therapy |
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| Institutions | Yale University |
| Website | www |
Phage therapy edit
In January 2016, Chan treated an antibiotic resistant infection of a Dacron aortic graft caused by the superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa,[2] this treatment reinvigorated phage therapy in Western medicine. Following this successful treatment, a second case of superbug infection was treated by Chan and others at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. This case involved use of nebulized phage to treat a multidrug resistant lung infection in Paige Rogers, a woman with cystic fibrosis[3][4][5] and the research involved was featured in the Netflix series, "Follow This." He has since been featured in documentaries produced by Vice,[6] Freethink,[7] and BBC One.[8] Following the publication of his first two cases, Chan and others have since treated multiple infections at Yale New Haven Hospital successfully.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ "Research Scientists | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology".
- ^ Narayan, Deepak; Elefteriades, John A.; Mojibian, Hamid R.; Kim, Samuel; Turner, Paul E.; Chan, Benjamin K. (2018-01-01). "Phage treatment of an aortic graft infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2018 (1): 60–66. doi:10.1093/emph/eoy005. PMC 5842392. PMID 29588855.
- ^ "Paige and the Virus Hunter". Freethink. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "This Scientists Used Live Viruses To Save A Woman's Life From A Superbug Infection". BuzzFeed News. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Jan 12, CBC Radio · Posted; January 11, 2019 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated. "Viruses that kill superbugs could save lives when antibiotics don't work | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Koebler, Jason; Oberhaus, Daniel (2017-12-07). "Viruses Are the Antibiotics of the Future". Motherboard. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ Fighting Superbugs with Viruses, 2018-11-27, retrieved 2019-03-22
- ^ "BBC One - The Truth About..., Antibiotics". BBC. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
- ^ "Using 1 Germ to Fight Another When Today's Antibiotics Fail". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2019-02-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Bacteriophages to the Rescue: A Possible Approach to Antibiotic Resistance". BioSpace. Retrieved 2019-03-11.