Here's how to tackle this quandary when you don't know where those shoes have been—but you don't want to be rude.

Your child's bedroom or playroom should be a germ- and allergen-free place to play and relax. Keep these things clean with ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low orbit of Earth. And research out today finds that bacteriophages—the viruses ...

While you probably aren’t going to get sick from just being outside in all this microbe rain, pathogenic organisms are ...

By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...

The human gut is home to trillions of beneficial microbes that play a crucial role in health. Disruptions in this delicate community of bacteria and viruses—called the gut microbiome—have been linked ...

A newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child’s mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy, health ...

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal interactions in ways that could help us treat drug-resistant infections.

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...