Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, they make so many copies of themselves that the bacteria burst. By looking ...

Biologists have uncovered a surprising connection between the way plants grow and how they defend themselves against ...

The lab of The Wistar Institute's Jessie Villanueva, Ph.D., has identified a new strategy for attacking treatment-resistant ...

Lung transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infection, the researchers noted, and P. aeruginosa is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia for them. Indeed, it was the most frequently isolated ...

Imagine one of Denmark's many picturesque beaches, the waves lapping against the shore, the golden sand and the smooth ...

Antibiotics are a crucial tool in the fight against bacterial infections. But the World Health Organization has long warned ...

Amid growing concerns about antibiotic-resistant infections, an international team of microbial experts has introduced a ...