Bacteria need to be able to adapt to the changing and challenging environments in which they live to survive and multiply. One of the genetic processes by which they do this is transduction. In this ...

A team of Ontario researchers say they’ve come up with a way to convert common types of viruses into a gel with potential for a wide variety of medical and environmental uses. The scientists at ...

SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, and influenza viruses. Viruses called bacteriophages exist in countless numbers in the human body and play an important role in maintaining human health. Humans are ...

Before the discovery of penicillin almost a hundred years ago, doctors relied on other treatments to fight deadly infections. Now, after almost a century of overusing antibiotics, many infections are ...

A recent study claimed that the Ganga river has 1,100 types of bacteriophages that selectively target and destroy bacteria, thus purifying the water naturally. Researcher Dr Ajay Sonkar, who conducted ...

The belief that the Ganga River possesses self-purifying properties due to the presence of bacteriophages has come under scrutiny. Renowned hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, widely recognized as ...

A team of researchers in the U.S. has identified a way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria that take refuge in remote parts of the human gut. These bacteria are particularly problematic because ...