Viruses that infect bacteria—known as bacteriophages - could be used in a targeted manner to combat bacterial diseases. They also play an important ecological role in the global biogeochemical cycles.

Demand for synthetic DNA is growing across multiple industries including cell and gene therapy development and biomanufacturing. Coupled with that growth is a need for genetic constructs that can, in ...

A survey of a waterway on Wurundjeri land has led to the discovery of new viruses that kill the superbug Klebsiella. With estimates that superbugs will kill at least 10 million people a year across ...

Researchers have discovered that a group of viruses known to infect an agriculturally important plant pathogen has remained genetically stable for an ...

The World Institute of Kimchi has confirmed in a new study that bacteriophages, which were previously considered a "nuisance" during the process of food fermentation, actually play the role of key ...

In simple terms: a virus is a tiny package of genetic instructions with a delivery system. Outside a cell it is metabolically inert. Once inside a susceptible cell, it redirects the cell's machinery ...