But now, a major step forward has been taken. Scientists at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School, at the Institute of ...

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the ...

An unusual therapy developed at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) could change the way the world fights influenza, one of the ...

Researchers present a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The results open up new perspectives in the fight against this ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people in West Africa become infected with Lassa virus, which can cause Lassa fever and lead to severe illness, long-term side effects or death. There are ...

Rockville, Maryland—March 26, 2024—Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have ...

Richard K. Plemper, Karl J. Erlandson, Ami S. Lakdawala, Aiming Sun, Andrew Prussia, Jutatip Boonsombat, Esin Aki-Sener, Ismail Yalcin, Ilkay Yildiz, Ozlem Temiz-Arpaci, Betul Tekiner, Dennis C.

Bacteriophages, known informally as phages, are viruses that can attack and kill specific bacteria. They occur everywhere in the natural world. Precisely because they are matched to just one specific ...