A persistent infection in a pet cat’s leg after a compound fracture was repaired has finally been cured using cutting-edge experimental medicine: personalized bacteriophage therapy. Pet Siamese cat, ...

There’s nothing retro about retrons, which are bacterial molecules that produce DNA. Although retrons ordinarily serve an immune function in bacteria, they can, upon modification, acquire a genetic ...

Peering through his microscope in 1910, Franco-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle noticed some "clear spots" in his bacterial cultures, an anomaly that turned out to be viruses preying on the ...

The 6th World Congress on Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 that was held on June 1-2 in Paris, and gathered more than 150 attendees from 30+ different countries. Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 included more ...

The public are in favor of the development of bacteria-killing viruses as an alternative to antibiotics – and more efforts to educate will make them significantly more likely to use the treatment, a ...

The 6th World Congress on Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 will take place on June 1-2 at IRIS, Paris, France. Targeting Phage 2023: Questions, Controversies, and What is Next? Targeting Phage Therapy ...

The number of reported cases using viruses to treat deadly Mycobacterium infections just went up by a factor of five. In a new study, a team led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and ...

After years of dealing with a recurrent, drug-resistant, bacterial blood infection, a patient agreed to try phage therapy. Within 24 hours of receiving phage therapy, the patient’s blood infection had ...

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

Phage therapy, which is using bacteriophage viruses to treat bacterial infections , could be acceptable to the public if they were "primed" to regard it as an appropriate alternative to antibiotics, ...

Every living thing on the planet plays host to viruses, and bacteria are no exception. Bacteriophages—or just “phages” to those in the know—are the viruses that attack bacteria. And we are in dire ...

Viruses of bacteria, known as bacteriophages or phages, were discovered nearly 100 years ago. Their potential as antibacterial agents was appreciated almost immediately, with the first 'phage therapy' ...