For example, the PCR test — widely in use during the COVID-19 pandemic to check for the virus’s presence — requires an enzyme that was first found in a thermophile called Thermus aquaticus.

Bacteria-killing virus could help revive Cooum, Adyar, B Canal. TNN / Jun 03, 2025, 02:31 IST. ... The researchers reconstructed more than 1.3 million virus genomes in freshwater lakes.

A virus long dismissed as a scientific oddity has been found hiding in plain sight, and it may help fight dangerous bacteria, according to a study. The study focussed on bacteriophages (phages ...

Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the host bacteria’s defenses. Skip to main content Return to home page menu mobile menu open. Main ...

They’ve coined the neighborhoods of bacteria living on our penises or vaginas as the “sexome.” “In forensic science we work on the concept that all contact leaves a trace behind.

What they learned will help scientists improve on an old approach that was left behind once antibiotics became standard. Called phage therapy, it involves fighting one infection with another. First a ...

But according to Giugno, there’s a much more natural way to stop acne and get to the root of the problem: phages, a virus that infects bacteria.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including strains that have become ...

EU announces bacteria, virus, and parasite lab leaders. By Joe Whitworth on December 10, 2024. The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses.

In bacteria, as in the case of humans, retroelements are categorised as belonging to three broad groups: the Group II introns, the retrons, and the diversity generating retroelements.

Bacteria-eating virus cocktails may effectively treat gut inflammation — study. Two huge breakthroughs could change the game for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. by Katie MacBride.

Bacteria grow quickly in the lab, ... NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it.