In a new book, a science journalist recounts the story of a lifesaving treatment for infection that scientists broadly ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...

Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. This "race" can lead to a situation where antibiotics will stop suppressing pathogenic bacteria. Bacteriophages, natural "predators" of ...

As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases.

Viruses that infect bacterial cells are called bacteriophages. Their main goal is to produce more bacteriophages by injecting their genome into a bacterial host cell, using the host cell machinery ...

‘Phage therapy’ uses naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages (from the Greek meaning ‘bacteria-eaters’) to fight bacteria. The phages used in this therapy are harmless to people ...

Researchers from the Technion uncover a novel passive resistance mechanism in marine bacteria. By reducing tRNA levels, ...

Aims: Novel anticancer strategies have employed bacteriophages as drug carriers and display platforms for anticancer agents; however, bacteriophage-based platforms maintain their natural ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about food tech and science. At McMaster University, professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust, professor Tohid Didar and graduate student Lei ...

Viral reverse transcriptase (RT) plays a critical role in replication (e.g., retroviruses, that reverse transcribe RNA ...