Although rare-earth elements (REEs) are not very rare, their recovery and purification is very cumbersome, with no ...

Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The structure reveals rare whisker-collar features and distant evolutionary ties ...

DNA sequences contain the underlying instructions of life for all living organisms, but even the simplest microbial genomes are largely complex, with millions of DNA base pairs encoding the interplay ...

Many viruses utilize ring-shaped molecular motors that hydrolyze ATP to translocate their DNA or RNA genome into capsids. These motors consist of multiple subunits which need to coordinate with each ...

Imagine that the next time you catch a stomach bug and antibiotics fail to work, you knock back a vial of clear liquid. The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships.

"Both understood phages as medicinal agents, which the rest of the medical field viewed as nonsensical." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Last month, researchers published the first results from the ELIMINATE clinical trial. The trial aims to test the efficacy of viruses called bacteriophages to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Research on φX174, a bacteriophage, unveils potential in treating antibiotic-resistant infections. Historically significant in phage therapy and molecular biology, φX174’s unique cell-lysing mechanism ...

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Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are abundant and ubiquitous viruses. They are part of nature and are everywhere, in the air, oceans, soil, and in every living being. In humans, they are ...