Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Antibiotic-resistant infections, which have been on the rise for years, were the cause of more than 1.2 million ...

A new study published in the journal Nature shows that there are literally hundreds of viruses large enough to consume bacteria, and with properties that are typical of a living organism rather than ...

The discovery that some viruses use a defence mechanism known as a CRISPR/Cas system beautifully illustrates the evolutionary tit-for-tat between viruses and the bacteria they infect. See Letter p.489 ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause an infection. The strategy uses a ...

After breaking his foot five years ago, Toronto bass player Alfred Gertler got an infection that antibiotics couldn’t cure. Doctors told him he might have to have his foot amputated. But then he read ...

While working on dual doctoral degrees in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences at UB, Nicholas Smith was intrigued by how multiple drugs could be combined to treat drug-resistant infections. His ...

Researchers are using synthetic biology to reprogram bacterial viruses -- commonly known as bacteriophages -- to expand their natural host range. This technology paves the way for the therapeutic use ...

In 2013, Tobi Nagel ended a decade-long search in the country of Georgia. Local scientists she was teaching a workshop with spoke wonders about a ubiquitous, over-the-counter medicine. In pharmacies, ...

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. But as the current rise ...

Phages, or bacteriophages, are viruses that kill certain bacteria. They occur naturally all over the world – in the soil, water, and even in your body. They can fight off bacteria that aren’t able to ...

The therapy can be injected, sprayed on to the site of infection or swallowed They might look like sinister aliens, but these bacteria-munching viruses could be the next weapon in the fight against ...