It causes inflammation and fluid build-up in the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs. Bacterial and viral pneumonia have similar symptoms but different causes and treatments. Understanding the ...

Next, they used a technique called phage spotting to determine if the genes provided defense against viral infections. "We cloned the 57 genes into different bacterial strains and grew them on ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists ...