This is exactly what the new approach from Berlin promises. The phage capsid, developed by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, envelops flu viruses so perfectly that they can no longer infect ...

Despite all the variation this long history has given rise to, they almost all share similar components: a capsid, a tail tube, and a tail tip. A phage capsid sits like a head atop the narrow tail ...

Despite all the variation this long history has given rise to, they almost all share similar components: a capsid, a tail tube, and a tail tip. A phage capsid sits like a head atop the narrow tail ...

In parallel, Rao kept digging into the inner workings of phage packaging, noting that the capsid nanoshell of phages could be engineered for purposes beyond vaccines. “I felt gene therapy is ...

Over nearly five decades, Ffs have seen an extraordinary range of applications, yet the complete structure of the phage capsid and consequently the mechanisms of infection and assembly remain ...

Three-dimensional projections revealed viral foci with surface areas approximately 100 times larger than a single P2-like phage capsid. Transmission electron microscopy found no overt structural ...

This finding suggests that the phage capsid remained intact and did not release phage DNA within the vesicle, preventing the engulfed phages from triggering the immune system. While the study leaves ...

To protect the virus’ genetic information in the interim, the viral DNA is usually enclosed within a protein shell known as a capsid. In the latest work, team leader Alex Evilevitch and colleagues ...

we were ultimately able to use neutron light to image the structure of phage virus DNA and its density inside the capsid and see how these changed at different temperatures," explained Alex ...

If every antibiotic has failed to help you get over an infection, phage therapy (which is not yet FDA-approved in the U.S.) may be able to do the job instead. These viruses can be life- saving.

With her family on board and “compassionate use” approval obtained from the Food and Drug Administration, doctors at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine administered the phage therapy.