Scientists still disagree on whether viruses are truly alive or not. What scientists can agree on is that a virus adapts to ...
New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...
Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...
Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.
UKHSA has revealed the most dangerous pathogens for Britain as one scientist warns a measles-like virus would ‘pose a threat ...
The list of 24 pathogen families is also the first to consider global health threats, as well as threats specific to the UK ...
Among the viral families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes Covid-19, ...
Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate ...