Armata Pharmaceuticals has posted early validation of its phage platform. The phase 1b/2a trial linked a bacteriophage ...

The discovery of Cat1 reveals how CARF effectors use complex structures to inhibit viral replication, advancing our ...

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

Cat1 – which can deplete a metabolite essential for cellular function. Left without fuel, Cat1 helps to stop invading viruses ...

Antimicrobial resistance, in which germs like bacteria and fungi no longer respond to medicines, is a rising global threat.

Usually, when a virus infects a cell by itself ... tools to study it in more detail than ever before. “The field of phage biology has seen an explosion over the last decade because more ...

A type of virus thought to be a 'mere curiosity' is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a research team has found. The discovery improves understanding of how viruses work and could ...

When a virus infects the bacteria ... One promising alternative is phage therapy—the use of viruses that specifically infect and kill unwanted bacteria. But bacteria aren't defenseless; they ...

Psychological barriers to phage acceptance remain. “Some people worry about getting treated with a virus,” Merril says, “but they don’t realize that many of today’s leading vaccines are ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...

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