New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

UKHSA has revealed the most dangerous pathogens for Britain as one scientist warns a measles-like virus would ‘pose a threat ...

Known as phage therapy, it uses viruses to kill harmful bacteria in difficult-to-treat infections. Read more at ...

The UK Health Security Agency has published a list of the 24 pathogen families that could pose the greatest risk to public ...

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coli infections and cholera ... the scientists aim to learn more about how CRISPR systems protect bacteria cells from viruses that don't go dormant, Modell says. "We know CRISPR systems are ...