Whilst the ultimate outcome of the lytic cycle is production of new phage progeny and death of the host bacterial cell, this is a multistep process involving precise coordination of gene transcription ...

Modern super-resolution microscopes ... % of T4 viruses to stand upright on microscope slides, making measurements more consistent. The imaging revealed both the hollow structure of T4's capsid and ...

However, because it shares similar symptoms with other respiratory viruses such as Covid-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), it can cause confusion. Though all of these viruses ...

Public health officials are warning that the U.S. could be facing a “quademic” — the convergence of four miserable viruses that can make people sick circulating at the same time. In the UK, they’re ...

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The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus in the east African country, with one confirmed case so far. “Laboratory tests conducted at ...

One of these has been to rescue phage therapy from history, which consists of using bacteriophage viruses (phages) to exterminate resistant bacteria. Thousands of treated patients have demonstrated ...