Researchers isolated a phage of the Microviridae family from human feces, representing the smallest phage infecting the gut ...

Scientists Meet in Valencia to Define the Path to Clinical Integration Valencia, Spain. June 9–10, 2026 Researchers, clinicians, and biotechnology innovators from around the world will gather in ...

Phages, or bacteriophages, are viruses that kill certain bacteria. They occur naturally all over the world – in the soil, water, and even in your body. They can fight off bacteria that aren’t able to ...

Phages, viruses that thrive by infecting bacteria, have long been mooted as a potential replacement for antibiotics. But where antibiotics pose the problem of the bacteria they target mutating into ...

Reviewed by Michael Greenwood, M.Sc. In phage-display, a gene encoding the surface protein of a bacteriophage is replaced with a gene encoding a novel protein. The technique can be used in drug ...

Steffanie Strathdee and her husband Tom Patterson fishing in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia in August 2023. Tom recovered from a life-threatening superbug infection after receiving phage therapy in ...

There’s nothing retro about retrons, which are bacterial molecules that produce DNA. Although retrons ordinarily serve an immune function in bacteria, they can, upon modification, acquire a genetic ...

For the first time, scientists have designed a phage combination therapy that can precisely target and suppress gut bacteria associated with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The work showcases the ...

New methodology and tools provide an opportunity to watch in unprecedented detail as a phage attacks a bacterium. As antibacterial resistance continues to render obsolete the use of some antibiotics, ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Massey University and Nanophage Technologies, have mapped out what a commonly-used form of phage looks like. Their ...