Scientists engineered phages to act as scaffolds to carry silver nanoparticles. Together, the two bacteria-killing components ...

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 ...

In addition to decoding life’s building blocks, AI is designing new ones. Scientists have used generative AI to build ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a growing global trend, bacteria have evolved new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections. The rising antibiotic resistance crisis poses a significant public health ...

The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us Tom Ireland Hodder Press (2023) The world is teeming with viruses: they flourish in water, ...

One of the many possible solutions to the global antibiotic resistance crisis is an old idea that’s new again—bacteriophages, or phages for short. Phages are viruses that exist solely to kill bacteria ...

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 ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria — superbugs — are medical monsters of our own design. Honed by years of antibiotic ...