Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. This "race" can lead to a situation where antibiotics will stop suppressing pathogenic bacteria. Bacteriophages, natural "predators" of ...

Imagine a city under constant threat from invaders. The city's defense system deploys a sophisticated anti-missile defense ...

Bacteriophages, or “phages”, are viruses that can infect bacteria. With the number of bacteria that can evade antibiotics growing worryingly large, interest in using phages as therapies ...

However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing battle between bacteria and bacteriophages—viruses that specifically target and infect bacteria. This struggle ...

The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships. These benign microbes exclusively dock onto and destroy bacteria, and your infection clears in a matter of days.

Thousands of treated patients support the potential of phage therapy, but limited knowledge of this technique and its ...

coli bacteria and a bacteriophage, M13, that can infect it. Previous studies generally believed that animal migration accelerates the spread of viruses. However, new research has found that ...

McMaster researchers developed a biogel test that uses bacteriophages to detect bacteria like E. coli in fluids such as urine, milk, or lake water. The test changes color in hours, providing quick and ...