By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

Viruses have spent billions of years perfecting the art of invading cells, hijacking their machinery and spreading with ruthless efficiency. Now researchers are turning that evolutionary expertise ...

A terrifying discovery in the field of vector-borne diseases shows that the Zika virus uses human skin to help mosquitoes spread the disease more widely. "A new study led by Liverpool School of ...

When a virus that once seemed confined to animals starts turning up in both people and their pets, the line between household ...

While largely unnoticed, phages do not harm humans. On the contrary, these viruses are gaining increasing popularity as biomedicines to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, especially those associated with ...

Brendan Straut '24 and Dr. Anna Kloc, his thesis adviser, in the lab. Throughout his time as a Charger, Brendan Straut '24 has had exciting experiences across campus. He's made connections and ...

New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This study, which has been ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European countries and neighboring areas. This disease poses a great threat ...