A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

The innovative use of DIY lasers to detect microbes and viruses has the potential to revolutionize medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. These new techniques offer incredible possibilities ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

With all the news about foodborne disease in the press lately, have you ever worried that a trip to the grocery store could ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a cancer therapy that makes bacteria and viruses work as a team. In a study published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the Synthetic Biological ...

Researchers have for several years observed an unexplained disease spreading. Now, new research points to a possible ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Escherichia coli bacteria went up against viruses on the International Space Station. (Cavallini James/BSIP/Universal Images Group ...

As a general rule, most people want to avoid viruses, which are at the root of illnesses like colds, the flu, chickenpox and many a stomach bug. But what about a virus that doesn’t make people sick — ...