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 ...

An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater—or produced water—is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium ...

Boyd English is the first patient in Western Canada to have the pain in his hip treated with bacteriophages. That’s using viruses to kill bacteria. English broke his hip in 1973 and got a hip ...

Figure 1: Example structure of a bacteriophage. Credit: Technology Networks. In order to reproduce, phage must first enter the host cell. They bind to specific receptors on the bacterial cell surface ...

HHMI's Science Education Alliance is transforming the undergraduate introductory science experience at more than 150 two- and four-year institutions across the US. These same students are making ...

Keratinocytes produce keratin, a fibrous protein that helps provide structure to your skin, hair, and nails. The stratum lucidum is a separate layer only in the thicker epidermis on the palms of the ...