In the early and mid-1980s, scientists used phages to express recombinant proteins. The protein was retained inside the virions, so screening required growing viral plaques, creating a stamp of these ...

When a person receives a cancer diagnosis, treatment can often include chemotherapy. This method of treating cancer also can affect healthy cells. But what if there was a drug on the market that, ...

New insights into the structure of phages will enable researchers to develop new uses for the viruses in biotechnology. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria, which enables them to be exploited as ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant biological entities on Earth, are increasingly recognized not only for their roles in bacterial infection biology and therapeutic development but also as ...

Collateral damage to normal microbiota, which can be associated with the use of less-specific chemical antibacterials, [4] is avoided. Nonetheless, there are several challenges that must be addressed ...