The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have modified a herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) that stimulates the immune system to attack glioblastoma cells. A single dose of the modified virus increased T-cell, ...

Subin Han was one of the millions worldwide who contracted COVID-19. As she recovered in quarantine at her parents’ home in Seoul, South Korea, the young scholar wondered how people could better ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising location—hospital toilets. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising location—hospital toilets. An international team of researchers led by the University of ...

Bacteria-killing viruses built from scratch in a University of Pittsburgh lab could be a breakthrough in the battle against fearsome antibiotic-resistant infections. Pitt biotechnology researcher ...

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 ...

Background: Water is an important vehicle for transmitting pathogens that can cause waterborne diseases. Depending on environmental conditions, pathogenic microorganisms present in water can survive ...

Scientists armed bacteria with cancer-killing viruses that infiltrate tumors, evade immunity, and attack from within. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have created a Trojan Horse–style cancer therapy ...

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 W. Modell ...

Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing viruses with AI pose threats to biosecurity? When you purchase through links on ...

After primary infection with varicella, varicella-zoster virus (VZV) establishes a latent state that precedes the clinical manifestation of herpes zoster. Growing evidence, however, indicates that ...