When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low orbit of Earth. And research out today finds that bacteriophages—the viruses ...

What is the truth about viruses? They evolve, grow, and can be killed by our immune system, but are they actually alive?

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

In a sealed lab, a string of code has become something stranger and more unsettling than software. Using artificial intelligence, researchers have written the genetic instructions for a virus that has ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

Last year, a ten-month-old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively ...