When scientists sent bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages, to the International Space Station (ISS), they ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team ...

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

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

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Experiments aboard the International Space Station revealed how killer viruses that infect bacteria evolve their attacks in ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

Experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that bacteriophages can still infect Escherichia coli under ...

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.

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

Viruses appear to be getting stronger in space – and scientists don’t know why - Space ‘fundamentally changes’ how viruses and bacteria interact, researchers say ...