When the first reports of a new COVID-19 variant emerge, scientists worldwide scramble to answer a critical question: Will ...

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A bacteriophage-conditional mouse model reveals the impact of phages within a conventionally colonized gut microbiota. Cell Host & Microbe, 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.002 ...

“It goes away when we wanted it to, and came back when we wanted it to,” said Hsu. “Which means we have a bacteriophage conditional mouse model.” Or, more fun: BaCon mouse model.

Researchers used a special mouse model to erase and restore gut viruses, discovering that bacteriophages may make gut bacteria more vulnerable to antibiotics — a finding that could reshape microbiome ...

He named it bacteriophage, derived from two Greek words and meaning “bacteria devouring.” Early on, phages held much promise in conquering many of the world’s scourges.

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have launched a powerful and flexible free online genomic toolkit for more rapid ...

Now, 14 years later, in a study published in Nature, his team reported using a new computational approach to simulate the individual atoms of a virus that is packed with nucleic acids. 1 They used ...

Diagnosis and characterization of Viruses, one of the most critical particle type among the water-borne organisms, have been going through continuous process of improvements and analyses. In this ...

In brief For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have isolated a bacteriophage from rotting plant material that can attack and kill bacteria in a dormant state. How the phage manages this is still ...

Cutting-edge bacteriophage research has human and animal applications Karen Pauls · CBC News · Posted: Dec 28, 2023 1:00 AM PST | Last Updated: December 28, 2023 ...