Bacteriophages (blue) infecting a bacterium. (Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Researchers have made a ...

Megan Baldridge and her co-workers will use their Global Grant for Gut Health (GGGH) to examine which human proteins interact with bacteriophage viruses in the gut, and how this might trigger ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...

Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages (or phages), and they have real potential to defeat antibiotic-resistant superbugs. There are even cases in which very ...

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

Phage therapy is an emerging strategy that uses viruses that target bacteria to restore gut balance and treat microbiome-related diseases. Ongoing research and early trials show promise, but ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve new traits that meet the challenges of every environment they inhabit, from ...

Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The structure reveals rare whisker-collar features and distant evolutionary ties ...