Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

“The field of phage biology has seen an explosion over the last decade because more researchers are realizing the significance of phages in ecology, evolution, and biotechnology,” said Ido ...

Related: Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise. What can? Biswajit Biswas drew a syringe full of phage and injected it into his laboratory mice ...

Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at ...

To be eligible to participate in the phage research program, you must be planning to enroll ... The focus of the course is biology, but you don’t have to be a biology major to participate. In the ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

In this way, scientists could retain only positive clones and immediately use their selected phage to generate more phages. This made screening higher throughput, as researchers could screen thousands ...

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...