Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: For nearly a century, antibiotics have saved untold millions from death, but the rise of antimicrobial resistant organisms (or superbugs) is ...

A single protein bolted to the inner membrane of a bacterial cell can shred a virus’s DNA before that genetic material ever ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton have used advanced imaging techniques to uncover how bacteria use a mechanism called Kiwa to defend themselves against phage viruses. Phages are seen as a ...

Pseudomonas bacteria infected by different mutations of a jumbo phage. The dot in the middle is the shield created by the phage to protect its DNA after it has infected the bacterial cell. Image by ...

A newly formed nonprofit led by patient advocates and scientists has launched with one of the world's largest phage libraries ...

This illustration shows a phage (virus) attaching to a bacterial cell. The Kiwa defence system (shown in yellow, green, and blue) detects the threat and binds the invading DNA, preventing the phage ...

Phage One Voice did not rise from a boardroom plan. It rose from a man staring down a superinfection that antibiotics could ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: The discovery of the world’s first antibiotic is one of the most famous stories in the history of science. But few people realize that Alexander ...