A bacteria-virus arms race could lead to a new way to treat shigellosis. As shigellosis-causing microbes evolve to escape a phage, the bacteria may become less deadly ...

An artist's visualization of a phage shell docking on a flu virus to neutralize it Barth van Rossum, FMP As the current COVID-19 situation shows, viruses are a major health risk.

I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them.We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the ...

Phage capsid against influenza: Perfectly fitting inhibitor prevents viral infection. Forschungsverbund Berlin. Journal Nature Nanotechnology DOI 10.1038/s41565-020-0660-2 ...

Phage therapy is a potential treatment for bacterial infections. ... The phage virus copies itself (reproduces) inside the bacteria. This can make up to 1000 new viruses in each bacterium.

Biologists have been investigating phage for use in life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. [Related: Virus observed sucking on another virus’ ‘neck’ for the first time .] ...

A pet cat named Squeaks has been saved from a multidrug-resistant infection with a pioneering therapy, a new study details. It marks the first ever use of personalized phage therapy in animals—a ...

One out of every two people carry crAssphage, a virus that feeds on bacteria in the human gut. A new study, with samples covering one-third of the world's countries, offers several new insights on ...