With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy – using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to ...

Researchers have enabled the effective selection of phages based on the genome of the bacteria they want to target, helping ...

With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy – using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to tackle bacterial infections – fell into oblivion.

Retrons are bacterial genetic elements that, in combination with toxic effector proteins, can serve as antiphage defense systems. Here, the authors show that some phages can evade retrons and ...

Ever heard a voice inside your head that wasn’t your own? You may have experienced an auditory hallucination. The voice might have sounded like someone you knew, making you do a double-take to ...

The cranial nerves are vulnerable to damage during head trauma. Many of them run over the surface of the skull, protected only by the muscles and tissues of the face. Head trauma occurs when there is ...

Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are wingless insects that feed off human blood on the scalp. They are commonly found in school-age children, although anyone can contract them. The most prominent ...

Elders named the bacteriophage in Woi Wurrung language Merri-merri-uth nyilam marra-natj (MMNM), which translates as "Dangerous Merri lurker" in English. Importantly, the researchers found that a ...

Now, Manahan is looking to replicate that success as he settles into his new role as Morgan Stanley's head of firmwide innovation after a week meeting with technology leaders and the bank's top ...

There is a lot of uncertainty about artificial general intelligence, a still hypothetical form of AI that can reason as well — or better — than humans. According to the researchers at the ...