Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

As avian influenza is found in a sheep in Yorkshire, the close contact humans have with domesticated animals is an extra ...

The bacteria steal genetic material from temperate phages during ... Equipped with these memories, the new population can recognize these viruses and fight them off. A report on the experiments ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in ...

Research lead Sven-Erik Behrens, PhD, at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at MLU, and colleagues, reported ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed 'molecular movie' showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level -- revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying their genetic material.

Researchers at Martin Luther University have developed groundbreaking RNA-based agents that offer high levels of protection ...

Cucumber mosaic virus is a particularly devastating virus for crops. About 90 species of aphids transmit the virus, which ...