Benjamin Chan

Benjamin K. Chan (Chinese: 陳家明) is a research scientist at Yale University in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.[1] He was born in 1980 to a U.S. Asian father, an engineer, and an American mother. He is known for his work in phage therapy exploiting genetic trade-offs to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial infections. He currently lives in Guilford, Connecticut.

Benjamin Chan
Born
Salt Lake City, Utah
Known forPhage Therapy
Scientific career
InstitutionsYale University
Websitewww.benjaminchanphd.com

Phage therapy

In January 2016, Chan treated an antibiotic resistant infection of a Dacron aortic graft caused by the superbug Pseudomonas aeruginosa,[2] this treatment reinvigorated phage therapy in Western medicine. Following this successful treatment, a second case of superbug infection was treated by Chan and others at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. This case involved use of nebulized phage to treat a multidrug resistant lung infection in Paige Rogers, a woman with cystic fibrosis[3][4][5] and the research involved was featured in the Netflix series, "Follow This." He has since been featured in documentaries produced by Vice,[6] Freethink,[7] and BBC One.[8] Following the publication of his first two cases, Chan and others have since treated multiple infections at Yale New Haven Hospital successfully.[9][10]

References
  1. "Research Scientists | Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology".
  2. Narayan, Deepak; Elefteriades, John A.; Mojibian, Hamid R.; Kim, Samuel; Turner, Paul E.; Chan, Benjamin K. (2018-01-01). "Phage treatment of an aortic graft infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa". Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2018 (1): 60–66. doi:10.1093/emph/eoy005. PMC 5842392. PMID 29588855.
  3. "Paige and the Virus Hunter". Freethink. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. "This Scientists Used Live Viruses To Save A Woman's Life From A Superbug Infection". BuzzFeed News. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  5. Jan 12, CBC Radio · Posted; January 11, 2019 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated. "Viruses that kill superbugs could save lives when antibiotics don't work | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. Koebler, Jason; Oberhaus, Daniel (2017-12-07). "Viruses Are the Antibiotics of the Future". Motherboard. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  7. Fighting Superbugs with Viruses, 2018-11-27, retrieved 2019-03-22
  8. "BBC One - The Truth About..., Antibiotics". BBC. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  9. "Using 1 Germ to Fight Another When Today's Antibiotics Fail". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2019-02-26. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  10. "Bacteriophages to the Rescue: A Possible Approach to Antibiotic Resistance". BioSpace. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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