Research revealed how bacteriophages use a tiny piece of genetic material to hijack bacterial cells and make more copies of themselves.

In a recent review published in Cell, researchers presented an overview of bacteriophage treatment, including mechanisms, types, design and applications of bacteriophage therapy. Study: Phage therapy: ...

From medicine to agriculture and aquaculture, bacteriophages are poised to have a huge global impact. As viruses which target only bacterial cells, they hold promise as an alternative to antibiotics, ...

What is a bacteriophage and how many different types of phage exist? A phage is a virus that infects a bacterium. People often get very confused about what the difference is between a virus and a ...

We develop phage cocktails as precision medicines to target and destroy specific harmful bacteria.’’ This is the mission statement of BiomX, a biotech company. Bacteriophage cocktails for treating ...

We found that this bacteriophage has different fibrils—or 'legs'—and receptors on them that recognize bacteria," added Oksana Kotovskaya, a co-author of the work and a Ph.D. student of the Life ...

The lytic and lysogenic cycles are the two main phases of a virus’ infective lifecycle and route to replication. The lytic cycle, or virulent infection, involves a virus taking control of a host cell ...

At Purdue University, undergraduates get to get their hands dirty in the lab. Metaphorically, of course – their hands and labs are clean, but their understanding of the in-depth complexities of the ...

A team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California San Diego used a single bacteriophage to treat an immunocompromised patient with ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a fatal infectious disease that caused 1.5 million deaths worldwide in 2020. Developing countries are particularly affected and diagnosis, especially in children and adolescents, ...