The lytic and lysogenic cycles are the two main phases of a virus’ infective lifecycle and route to replication. The lytic cycle, or virulent infection, involves a virus taking control of a host cell ...

A lytic principle active against Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated (a) from the intestinal contents of guinea-pigs inoculated with diphtheria bacilli, (b) from the peritoneal exudate of ...

When viral DNA is more “liquidy,” it is more easily injected into host cells—so easily, in fact, that multiple virus-carrying capsids may squeeze their DNA payloads into a host cell simultaneously.

What if I told you that seven human viruses cause 15% of all human cancers? Scary, isn't it? Viruses cause cancer, but how? This is the question that Dr. Annabel Olson is trying to answer during her ...

Here, we report the development of activatable, masked lytic peptides that take advantage of over-expressed MMPs to elicit selective cytotoxicity against the triple negative breast cancer cell line, ...

Exebacase is a recombinantly-produced lysin (cell wall hydrolase enzyme) with potent bactericidal activity against Staph aureus, a major cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) also known as bacteremia ...

The populations of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Pseudomonas sp. fell following their addition to soil, but species lysing these gram-negative bacteria were not ...

According to A28 Therapeutics, AT-101 is a targeted lytic peptide molecule that binds to cancer cells and kills them on contact. Pixabay A28 Therapeutics, a privately-held, clinical-stage ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Tenecteplase in recent years outpaced alteplase as the stroke thrombolytic of choice at one large hospital system, despite shrinking cost savings, a researcher reported here. In 2021, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unifrax, the leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, today introduced a new, nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for the ...