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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. | 1. Contrary to their innovative interpretations of relevant hadith, bacteriophages are not limited to any specific wing of the fly. | ||
2. | 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. | ||