New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Fairburn explains that in the absence of an active anti-phage defence, viral infections inhibit bacterial growth and cause a ...

The NHS has issued a warning over a slow-developing bacterial infection that usually starts with a cough. While the illness ...

After testing about 20 different strategies, the investigators found that lysins, enzymes encoded by viruses that can infect BCG, cause the bacteria to self-destruct. Using a clever bit of ...

Known as phage therapy, it uses viruses to kill harmful bacteria in difficult-to-treat infections. Read more at ...

The tragic deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betty Arakawa have brought hantavirus into the spotlight – but what is it and how can it be prevented?

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria ... sought to learn how the single-cell organisms survive phage infection in a bid to further understand human immunity and develop ...