Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies: Difference between revisions

m
[checked revision][checked revision]
Line 106: Line 106:
The scientific evidence does not support the veracity of the fly wing hadith for the following reasons:  
The scientific evidence does not support the veracity of the fly wing hadith for the following reasons:  


1. Bacteriophages are not limited to any specific wing of the fly.  
1. Contrary to their innovative interpretations of relevant hadith, bacteriophages are not limited to any specific wing of the fly.  


2. Bacteriophages in the natural state and concentration are not antidotal to bacterial diseases, particularly for temperate or lysogenic phages.  
2. Contrary to their innovative interpretations of relevant hadith, bacteriophages in the natural state and concentration are not antidotal to bacterial diseases, particularly for temperate or lysogenic phages.  


3. Bacteriophages are ineffective against non-bacterial diseases carried by flies.  
3. Bacteriophages are ineffective against non-bacterial diseases carried by flies, meaning even if the wings were to provide you with an antidote to bacterial diseases, they would possibly infect you with another non-bacterial disease.  


4. Phage therapy is not a generally-accepted medical therapy at present because it is largely ineffective and requires large quantities of purified, possibly genetically-engineered, phages not present in the natural condition.
4. Phage therapy is not a generally-accepted medical therapy at present because it is largely ineffective and requires large quantities of purified, possibly genetically-engineered, phages not present in the natural condition.
48,466

edits