Dennis D'Amico, associate professor of animal science, has demonstrated that bacteriophages can effectively reduce the amount ...

Researchers who have been given access to Google's new AI "co-scientist" tool are enthusiastic about its potential, but it ...

Jumbo phages utilize a complex protein import system, with Imp1 as a key gatekeeper, to transport proteins into their ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Pseudomonas bacteria infected by different mutations of a jumbo phage. The dot in the middle is the shield created by the phage to protect its DNA after it has infected the bacterial cell. Image by ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage infection.

Investigators suspected what had happened but were unable to prove it for decades. Now, advancements in DNA technology have led authorities to the two men they say committed the crimes ...

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, they make so many copies of themselves that the bacteria burst. By looking ...

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In 2020, Bondy-Denomy led a study showing that the protein shield protects the phage's DNA from attacks by the bacteria's defenses. He and Claire Kokontis, BS, a graduate student, suspected this ...

I also expect the models to aid biological discovery. When you sequence a new organism from nature, you just get DNA. It’s very hard to identify what parts of the genome correspond to different ...