A researcher at the University at Buffalo is investigating what he sees as the battle’s next frontier: bacteriophages—a type of virus that infects bacteria but not human cells. With many unanswered ...

“We’ve found it's best when you don’t fight nature. Viruses have been around a lot longer than we have.” Antibiotic resistance has become an increasing problem in hospitals, rendering a slew of ...

bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses. For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of viruses called bacteriophages that naturally infect them. Although they co-evolved with ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming ...