“The Phages That Will Destroy”: How a UNM Researcher’s Work Paved the Way for Treating a Tough-to-Kill Bacterial Infection
Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMTAbout 20 years ago, Thomas Byrd, MD, a physician-scientist at The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, took an interest in a seemingly inconsequential bacterium: Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus). Driven by “intellectual curiosity,” Byrd...