Turning a Phage (VIDEO) University of California - San Diego This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption A chronic bacterial infection kept 65-year-old Joel Grimwood from getting the heart transplant he desperately needed. UC San Diego Health doctors used an experimental bacteriophage therapy -- viruses that eat bacteria - to eliminate the infection. Grimwood got his new heart. Credit UC San Diego Health Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.