AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

UMC Utrecht will receive 4 million euros to study bacteriophages, viruses that can kill bacteria, as a potential treatment for patients with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) that no longer ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Tens of millions of still-unknown or misunderstood viruses can cause diseases -- including new pandemics -- and affect the health of valuable terrestrial and marine environments. Now a new pipeline to ...

Our bodies are alive with electrical signals that allow us to contract muscles and sense the world. The complex brain orchestrates these processes, but it turns out that even simpler biological ...