The human body hosts vast microbial communities, termed the microbiome. Less well
known is the fact that the human body also hosts vast numbers of different viruses …

Bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—are abundant within our bodies, but their
significance to human health is only beginning to be explored. Here, we synthesize what is …

Hundreds of trillions of diverse bacteriophages (phages) peacefully thrive within and on the
human body. However, whether and how phages influence their mammalian hosts is poorly …

Bacteriophages are enigmatic entities that defy definition. Classically, they are specialist
viruses that exclusively parasitize bacterial hosts. Yet this definition becomes limiting when …

Trials of phage therapy have not consistently reported efficacy. This contrasts with promising
efficacy rates from a sizeable and compelling body of observational literature. This …

It is increasingly apparent that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria and more
commonly referred to as simply phages, have tropisms outside their bacterial hosts. Using …

Viruses are part of the microbiome and have essential roles in immunology, evolution,
biogeochemical cycles, health, and disease progression. Viruses influence a wide variety of …

Bacteriophages are viruses infecting bacterial cells. Since there is a lack of specific
receptors for bacteriophages on eukaryotic cells, these viruses were for a long time …

Human microbiota plays an indispensable role in physiology, nutrition and most
significantly, in imparting immunity. The role of microbiota has remained cryptic for years …

The presence of bacteriophages (phages) in the human body may impact bacterial
microbiota and modulate immunity. The role of phages in human microbiome studies and …