Use of Bacteriophage in Treatment of Infections
Use of Bacteriophage in Treatment of Infections
with Satya Ambrose, ND, LAc
NANCEAC CE, 1 general
Expires 09/30/2023
In this presentation, Dr. Ambrose discusses bacteriophages, the most abundant naturally occurring life forms. Bacteriophages are widely distributed in water, soil, animals and humans and consumed daily in common foods. There are 10 to the 32 phages in the world, and 10 to the 31 bacteria. They are in the Ganges, the Seine, Danube, and Columbia Rivers. In your house, they are most abundant in your sponges.
Bacteriophages are viruses that can only infect bacterial cells, replicate there, and cause the destruction of the bacterium. These phages are highly target-specific — activity is confined to a very limited number of strains of bacteria. They provide a non-host derived sort of immunity. These lytic phages are generally regarded as safe (GRAS) through review of published scientific literature and based on their common widespread presence, with some having been approved by the FDA for use in foods to control food borne pathogens. They were fairly widely used worldwide in the 1920s-40s, after which they stopped being used in the US because of penicillin.
Very specific phages classify as prebiotics. Others are very effective at killing pathogenic bacteria. We will overview history, identification, and use of these phages clinically, and how to attain them.
Satya Ambrose, ND, LAc
Dr. Ambrose opened Sunnyside Collaborative Care, LLC in 2014 to harness the power of collaboration among diverse practitioners to address complex chronic disease. She currently sees patients 3 days per week and continuously runs highly sought-after clinical preceptorships for several medical schools. She co-founded the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) in 1982 and teaches nutrition, biochemistry, rheumatology and pediatrics to the master’s and doctoral programs at OCOM. She also teaches Chinese medicine at the National University of Naturopathic Medicine and has taught in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine program at Oregon Health and Science University. She frequently lectures at universities and conferences around the US, Canada and other countries on psychoneuroimmunology and interactions with endocrinology, gastroenterology and toxicology. She is preparing to publish her book on synthesizing diverse aspects of healing into a highly individualized synergistic approach.
With a background in psychology and biochemistry, she has taught many areas of medicine including oncology, pathology, acupuncture, medical philosophy, immunology, neurology, psychology and the emotional basis of illness, gastroenterology, infectious disease, pediatrics, genetics and women's health.
Dr. Satya Ambrose ND, LAc is a well-loved leading elder of the holistic health movement. She has spent the past 46 years developing and practicing a highly effective blend of personalized naturopathic functional medicine that includes Chinese medicine and acupuncture. She and her husband own 24-acre Starfire Farm in Damascus, Oregon where they live with her three children and three grandchildren. Dr. Ambrose is steadfast that the most effective medicine of all is love and laughter.