05/29/2026
The Virus That Could Kill Lyme — And It's Already Inside You?! What if the key to killing Lyme bacteria was already living inside your body — and just needed to be activated?
That's exactly what this week's guest, Dr. David Jernigan of PhagenCorp and the Biologix Center in Franklin, Tennessee, has spent nearly 30 years figuring out. And his answer might change everything you thought you knew about treating Lyme.
Here's what we covered:
· What phages are — Beneficial viruses that hunt and kill specific bacteria. They've been used in medicine since 1917 and are so abundant in nature that if they were the size of grains of sand, they'd cover the entire Earth 50 miles deep.
· Three types of phage therapy — Conventional phage cocktails (used in Russia and Eastern Europe for decades), genetically modified phages (emerging research), and Dr. Jernigan's own invention: Induced Native Phage Therapy (INPT).
· The INPT breakthrough — Bacteria that infect you through a tick bite already carry their own phages inside them. Dr. Jernigan developed a way to activate those phages already living in your body — no injections, no foreign viruses — using a process called biospectral emission sequence testing.
12 to 48 hours — Peer-reviewed research shows that when phages are properly activated, they can eliminate an entire population of bacteria in as little as half a day.
The termite analogy — Even if you kill all the bacteria, years of damage still need to be repaired. As Dr. Jernigan put it: killing the termites is essential, but if they've been there for years, the structure still needs rebuilding.
Why he started this work — Lyme picked him. His first patient in Kansas in 1996 was the first CDC-documented Lyme case in the state — and she never left. He's since treated over 10,000 Lyme patients from around the world.
This is one of those episodes you'll want to listen to more than once. Find Lyme Time wherever you get your podcasts.
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