As antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" make infections trickier to treat, some in the medical community are turning to bacteriophages for backup. Also known as phages, these viruses exclusively target ...

Bacteria's mysterious viruses can fan flames of antibiotic damage Date: April 30, 2025 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Scientists built a model that allows them to diminish phage communities from a ...

“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 ...

Though D’Herelle left during the Stalinist era and Eliava was executed, the Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology, and Virology flourished.

Helping viruses deliver a knockout blow for killer bacterial infections In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have launched ...

Virtual Viruses Reveal Complex Genomic Dynamics Researchers used new simulations to obtain the first structures of elusive viruses.

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 ...

ETH Zurich researchers have found a virus that kills dormant bacteria. This rare discovery could help to combat germs that can’t be treated with antibiotics alone.

Steven Theriault is convinced he has the solution to an urgent global public health threat — antibiotic resistance. But he can’t get his bacteria-killing viruses approved through what he calls ...

New research from the Catholic University of America has shown that a type of bacteriophage—viruses that infect bacteria—with a much bigger cargo hold can be repurposed to deliver gene therapies. It’s ...