Bacteria have developed many strategies to defend themselves from phages ... lack this system protected them against evolutionarily diverse phages. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we obtained ...

A researcher at the University at Buffalo is investigating what he sees as the battle’s next frontier: bacteriophages—a type of virus that infects bacteria but not human cells. With many unanswered ...

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Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance. Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce.

Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance. Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce.

In an unprecedented workaround, biologist Bryan Hsu's team engineered bacteria-eating viruses called phages to infect and ...

A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which ...

Revealing its strategies could boost the fight against antibiotic resistance. Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce.

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA ... over regular phages when it comes to using these viruses against infections. The researchers wanted to learn how the shield ...