More than a million people a year are already dying from infections caused by microbes that are resistant to treatment – it's known as the "silent pandemic". By 2050, that figure is projected to reach ...

As bacteria that cause shigellosis evolve to escape a virus, the microbes may become less deadly, a hopeful sign for “phage therapy.” ...

The process through which viruses infect bacteria is one of the most striking in biology. It’s also one most studied processes in the past few decades. When viruses infect a cell, they typically do ...

Bacteria often go dormant to avoid being wiped out by antibiotics or other threats, which makes treatment difficult. Now scientists have discovered a virus that can attack these sleeping bugs ...

A new case study, described in the journal Nature Communications, outlines the world's first use of a genetically modified virus to treat a life-threatening antibiotic-resistant bacterial ...

Phage virus discovered at Hebrew University named after fallen soldier Phages are viruses that precisely target and kill bacteria, which can offer “a potential solution to the growing crisis of ...

An study led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz and Prof. Ronen Hazan has used a virus called phage PASA16 to treat tough infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The study, involving 16 patients, showed a ...

Phage therapy offers hope for fighting bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. The FDA needs to loosen restrictions on its use.

Phage - the friendly virus Phage science may sound new and exciting, but it is actually a century old idea stemming from the discoveries of Felix d'Hérelle and Frederick Twort in the 1910s.

IPTC study uses PASA16 phage to treat Pseudomonas infections with 86.6% success among 16 patients, encouraging alternative therapy exploration." Phage therapy, the use of specific anti-bacterial ...