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

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs design to kill them - is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Long before humans became interested in killing bacteria, viruses were on the job. Viruses that attack bacteria, termed “phages” (short for bacteriophage), were first identified by their ability to ...

Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

The viruses that kill bacteria may be our best bet against antibiotic resistance — if we can understand how they win. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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 ...

When scientists sent bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages, to the International Space Station (ISS), they expected strange things to happen and they weren’t disappointed. In a ...

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

Most germs in public toilets spread through hands and air rather than toilet seats, making hygiene far more important than avoiding sitting.

The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and ...