The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick, even kill us. That last ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

We all know that freezing foods can make them safer to consume in the long run, but you might have always wondered why. Luckily for you, we have the answer.

The CDC will soon recommend that some people take a "morning-after" antibiotic to lower their risk of STIs. But someday, it's possible that bacteria-killing viruses could do this without driving ...

Peering through his microscope in 1910, Franco-Canadian microbiologist Félix d'Hérelle noticed some "clear spots" in his bacterial cultures, an anomaly that turned out to be viruses preying on the ...

There’s a bromance of nightmares lurking where you least suspect it — on handrails, doorknobs, even your own skin. These innocuous places are meeting grounds for viruses and bacteria, a microscopic ...

Viruses may get a bad rap, but some of them can be helpful to fight off bacterial infections. ETH Zurich scientists have demonstrated a new way to use them to diagnose which bacteria is causing a UTI, ...

Learn how plastic pollution is creating new pathways for antibiotic resistance to become an even bigger public health threat.

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

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Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in ...