To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

When a virus infects a bacterial cell, the viral genome is the first component to be fully injected into the cell, making it an ideal immune target. A bacterial enzyme anchored to the membrane ...

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 ...

The genomes of phages—viruses that infect bacteria—are largely composed of "dark matter": genes that encode proteins whose functions remain unknown. Less than four years ago, a team led by Prof. Rotem ...

Bacteriophage T7, a virus that preys on E. coli, becomes a more effective killer after spending time aboard the International Space Station, according to new research from University of ...

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are ...

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Viruses may get a bad rap, but some of them can be helpful to fight off bacterial infections. ETH Zurich scientists have demonstrated a new way to use them to diagnose which bacteria is causing a UTI, ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological ...

An oncologist explains the findings.

Researchers engineered bacteria to deliver hidden viruses into tumors, bypassing the immune system and unleashing a new strategy for targeted cancer treatment. The new platform combines the bacteria’s ...