Who is Fredrick Twort? Well that was exactly the question on Felix d&#39;Herelle&#39;s mind in 1921! After publishing his discovery of bacteriophage in 1917, d&#39;Herelle was riding high for a few years until it was revealed that an English scientist - named Fredrick William Twort - had in fact discovered bacteriophage (or something similar) in 1915. In this episode we introduce Fredrick Twort and discuss his discovery of bacteriophage - or his bacteriolytic agent - in 1915.

HOTP Episode 4: The Twort-d'Herelle Controversy - When were bacteriophages first discovered?

The podcast where we will discuss everything phage. In our series “The History of Phage Therapy” we delve into the fascinating, and at times downright bizarre, story behind the history of phage therapy.