In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers present a method for constructing artificial viral vectors (AVVs) using the established structural components of ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

The role of bacteriophages -- viruses that infect bacteria -- could be crucial in the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, and this process could favor the emergence of resistant ...

A team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California San Diego used a single bacteriophage to treat an immunocompromised patient with ...

Aeromonas punctata is the causative agent of septicemia, diarrhea, wound infections, meningitis, peritonitis, and infections of the joints, bones and eyes. Bacteriophages are often considered ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 5 (May, 1924), pp. 536-548 (15 pages) There are no theoretical proofs against the existence of the bacteriophage. There is a great variability in the ...

At Purdue University, undergraduates get to get their hands dirty in the lab. Metaphorically, of course – their hands and labs are clean, but their understanding of the in-depth complexities of the ...