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==Conclusion ==
==Conclusion ==


The scientific facts do not support the fly wing hadith. Islamists continuing to make this claim open themselves to ridicule.
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.
 
2. 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.
 
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.


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