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Discovery: Dual Functionality of Phage Anti-CRISPR Protein Unveiled

July 10, 2024

Recently published research has made significant strides in understanding the complex interactions between bacteria and the viruses that infect them, known as phages. This…

A bacteria turned by a phage into Zombie cell

Discovery: Bacteriophages Turn Bacteria into ‘Zombie’ Cells

May 22, 2024

Marine microbes are essential for sustaining the ecosystem by ensuring nutrient circulation for all its members. Understanding this system is crucial for promoting the…

Acinetobacter baumanii cells and phage lysin

Novel phage endolysin found effective against MDR Acinetobacter baumanii

April 3, 2024

In their recently published study, scientists from a tertiary care hospital in Thailand reported an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) infections in COVID-19 patients. Upon…

HIV being cut by a CRISPR

CRISPR: Promising cure for HIV

March 20, 2024

Researchers are exploring a groundbreaking technique to potentially eradicate HIV from the body, offering a glimpse of hope for transforming this method into a…

Rapid Label-Free Detection at the Individual Virion Level with Optical Power

Scientists Uncover Rapid Label-Free Detection at the Individual Virion Level with Optical Power

March 2, 2024

Scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have introduced a game-changing technique that uses light to handle and recognize individual bacteriophages, which are…

Phage lysin produced by human cells carried in vesicles

Scientists Used mRNA Technology to Express Phage-Endolysin in Human Cells

February 13, 2024

Researchers at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene and their colleagues from the Core Facility Proteome Analysis at University Medicine Rostock, Germany,…

M13 phage in the detection of Alzheimer’s disease in brain

Bacteriophages in the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease in Brain Tissue

January 31, 2024

Although there have been previous studies linking the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and engineered bacteriophages, this one has gone a step further by…

The Toilet’s Secret: Phages Reveals How Flushing Spreads Viruses

January 27, 2024

In a study conducted by scientists from the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and researchers from Global Research and Development…

Schematic of steps involved in the arrayed CRISPRi knockdown experiments to assess gene essentiality in phage infectivity cycle.

Rapid Tracking and Identifying Phages through Barcoding

January 24, 2024

A groundbreaking study from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This research introduces an innovative method to swiftly label and characterize bacteriophages,…

Bacteria in full body armour defending against bacteriophage attack

Antiphage Systems Leave Bacteria Prone to Antibiotics

January 23, 2024

In a recent scientific publication, researchers from the Universities of Tübingen and Würzburg have uncovered an interesting interplay between the bacterial immune system and…