The principle: using viruses, known as phages or bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria, to specifically target and eliminate bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. One major challenge is ...

The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoffs that ultimately find their way into rivers and lakes is ...

These bacteria can be vulnerable to infection from viruses called bacteriophages. One of bacterial cells' most well-known defenses against these viruses is the CRISPR system, which evolved in ...

Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antibiotic ...

It’s being called a “Hail Mary” for a Calgary man who suffers chronic pain – and so far, it seems to be working.

M icrobiologists have studied bacterial defense mechanisms against phages for decades. But until less than a decade ago, ...

New research from the University of Guelph will focus on determining if bacteriophages can replace antibiotics to reduce the ...

Dozens of scientists are calling for ban on the creation of "mirror life" microbes used in research because they present an “unprecedented risk” to life ...

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology study reveals some species, such as monarch butterflies, less likely to contract ...