Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Researchers find that unique bacterial species, known as the “sexome,” are transferred between individuals during sexual ...

A study found that hospital sink drains harbor dangerous bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains. Despite thorough ...

Genital micro-organisms dubbed the ‘sexsome’ could prove useful in sexual assault cases where there is no DNA evidence, say ...

New research shows that we regularly transfer traces of our genital microbiomes to sexual partners—a discovery that could ...

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, ...

Pseudomonas bacteria infected by different mutations of a jumbo phage. The dot in the middle is the shield created by the ...

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...