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

The 'fleshing-eating' disease caused by the Vibrio vulnificus bacterium is expected to increase with rising oceanic ...

Scientists investigating how influenza viruses replicate within cells "accidentally" discovered that different flu viruses ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

A study offers evidence that a single bacterial species -- the host of the phage -- can maintain a diverse community of competing phage species. Knowing how more than one kind of virus can survive ...

University of Toronto researchers have uncovered how bacterial viruses protect their progeny in order to maximize their reach. The phenomenon, described in a study published in Nature, relies on viral ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological Systems ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

BiomX’s acquisition of Adaptive Phage Therapeutics is looking like a good bet now that one of the treatments from the deal has been shown to reduce ulcers in a phase 2 study of patients with a ...

Viral and bacterial pink eye, both highly contagious, cause similar symptoms like redness, swelling, and discharge, but they differ in their causes and duration. Viral pink eye is often linked to ...

Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly what just happened at Stanford and the Arc Institute, where researchers used ...