While largely unnoticed, phages do not harm humans. On the contrary, these viruses are gaining increasing popularity as biomedicines to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, especially those associated with ...

Orf virus (ORFV) is the prototype species of the genus Parapoxvirus, a member of the Poxviridae family that causes contagious ecthyma in sheep, goats and, occasionally, humans. The virus is ...

Matthew Taylor likened his recently published work alongside doctoral student Gary Dunn to kicking over a rock. Once the discovery was made, it was time to see what lay beneath. Taylor, an associate ...

A few months into his postdoctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in 2021, Rafael Michita made a curious observation. Peering at Zika viruses infiltrating placenta cells under a microscope, he ...

Marine viruses deploy a sophisticated Trojan horse maneuver that enables them to dismantle the energy systems of ocean bacteria and use the breakdown products for self-replication. This finding comes ...

Angela Belcher, the James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering and a professor of materials science at MIT, ...

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

New research has suggested that a virus that has typically been thought of as common and harmless may actually be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This study, which has been ...

The ability to detect viruses and other harmful pathogens is highly advantageous for animals, as it can guide their behavior and prevent them from illness, and—in severe cases—death. When it comes to ...

Systems biology is an integrative approach that examines biological systems as interconnected networks of genes, proteins, and metabolites, aiming to understand their dynamic behavior rather than ...

Due to the breadth of study in biology, and driven by a mission to educate our undergraduate and graduate students, the UD biology faculty has developed a wide spectrum of research interests. Faculty ...