A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...
The research, published on April 24th, 2026, in Nature Microbiology, describes how the new tool, called TRAnsmision ...
Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...
Researchers created a powerful tool to trace how microbes spread between people, improving outbreak tracking and disease ...
Millions of people worldwide carry viral infections they acquired at birth, often for life. For a long time it was assumed ...
BiomX’s acquisition of Adaptive Phage Therapeutics is looking like a good bet now that one of the treatments from the deal has been shown to reduce ulcers in a phase 2 study of patients with a ...
AMSTERDAM — At the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2025, respiratory experts debated whether to consider viral sepsis a distinct clinical threat that demands specific recognition or a ...