Sidelined by the discovery of penicillin, a special therapy could be set to return in a big way. A new study improves our ...

Jumbo phages belong to a group of viruses that attack bacteria. They inject their DNA and then reproduce by taking over the cell’s DNA-copying machinery. Eventually, a phage makes so many copies of ...

Virus-based treatments are already approved to treat several types of cancer, and combining them with bacteria could make ...

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 ...

Genevieve Gallagher was infected with Vibrio vulnificus in July after boating and swimming with her family in Florida. Her recovery is ongoing.

Nicolás Rascován, a geneticist at the Pasteur Institute in France who was not involved with the research but did help ...

But now, a major step forward has been taken. Scientists at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School, at the Institute of ...

Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. PREVIOUS REPORT: Flesh-eating bacteria cases surge in Southeast, North Carolina reports 59 infections ...

Falmouth health officials say an older person has contracted a rare infection from bacteria that can cause a "flesh-eating" illness.

Vibrio vulnificus bacteria causes eight fatalities in Florida, as state health officials confirm 16 cases of the flesh-eating infection statewide.

Ben West started feeling painful symptoms after contracting flesh-eating bacteria on a family fishing trip in Port St. Joe, ...