Viruses that infect bacteria could one day replace antibiotics because they precisely attack only specific pathogens. Researchers at ETH Zurich are now showing that this is not always the case. This new finding is important because bacterial viruses can transfer antibiotic resistance genes. Bacteriophages – phages for short – are viruses that infect only bacteria. To capture...
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Phages can anticipate bacteria’s location and destroy them before they cause an infection
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause an infection. The strategy uses a phage, a virus that infects and destroys bacteria, that can specifically locate in the same place the bacteria live in the...