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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. | ||
==Responses to Apologetics== | |||
#'''''1. According to Nature.com, "Insect wings shred bacteria to pieces."'''''<BR>The article in question, is referring to the wings of a Cicada.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nature.com/news/insect-wings-shred-bacteria-to-pieces-1.12533|title= Insect wings shred bacteria to pieces|publisher= Nature|author= Trevor Quirk|date= March 4, 2013|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Fnews%2Finsect-wings-shred-bacteria-to-pieces-1.12533&date=2013-07-28|deadurl=no}}</ref> A Cicada is not the same thing as a house fly. Cicadas are related to locusts and crickets which are vegetarian unlike the excrement friendly housefly. If you examine a housefly wing under microscope you will see that a housefly's wing structure is different to that of the Cicada's wing. The housefly wing is smoother and has fine hairs which are curled downwards not like the upward pointing spikes of the Cicada. | |||
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