Viruses are so simple in their structure, they may not even qualify as living things. Yet, they are ruthless in their robotic ...

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 viruses in question are bacteriophages, which only infect bacteria – they can’t infect humans, or any other animals for ...

We’re all told that to live longer, we must exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep, maintain an optimal weight, not smoke, and manage stress. But why do some people naturally make it ...

Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight back by responding when a ...

The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...

Picture this: a computer sitting in a lab, essentially “thinking up” brand new forms of life from scratch. That’s exactly ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new potential way to edit the genomes of bacteria in complex environments, by equipping viruses to hunt them down and insert the CRISPR gene-editing system. In nature, ...

AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

Researchers have developed a product that uses bacterial viruses, known as ‘bacteriophages’, to combat ...

Phage therapy, where viruses are used to kill bacteria, became common in the 1920s, before antibiotics arrived to offer ...