Taking one for the team: How bacteria self-destruct to fight viral infections

(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers have discovered how a new immune system works to protect bacteria from phages, viruses that infect bacteria -- new information that could be leveraged to improve treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections by refining phage therapy.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news