Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list of maladies that have plagued humanity since time immemorial. Is there anything to celebrate about them?
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 20, 2021
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Every inch of our body, inside and out, is oozing with bacteria. In fact, the human body carries 10 times the number of bacterial cells as human cells. Many are our friends, helping us digest food and fight off infections, ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2015
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Bacteria, which cause infections, can themselves be infected by viruses called bacteriophages. Just as not all bacteria are harmful to humans, not all viruses are harmful to bacteria, and some can even benefit them. Can bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2018
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The mechanism by which acute viral respiratory infections promote secondary bacterial growth and infection in the airways depends on iron-carrying extracellular sacs secreted by the cells lining the host's airways, report ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 26, 2021
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Men's offices have significantly more bacteria than women's, and the office bacterial communities of New York and San Francisco are indistinguishable, according to a study published May 30 in the open access journal PLoS ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 30, 2012
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We're used to thinking of the immune system as a separate entity, almost a distinct organ, but the truth is much more complicated. Breakthroughs in recent years—some resulting from research performed in Prof. Rotem Sorek's ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2022
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After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture a virus as a nasty spiked ball—a mindless killer that gets into a cell and hijacks its machinery to create a gazillion copies of itself before bursting ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2022
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Rice University researchers have found a way to divide and modify enzymes to create what amounts to a genetic logic gate.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2013
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City College of New York biologist Shubha Govind and her research team have identified the composition of "virus-like particles" (VLPs) found in the venom of a wasp that is a parasite of fruit flies. Invisible to the eye, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2017
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Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler and graduate student Justin Silpe have identified a virus, VP882, that can listen in on bacterial conversations—and then, in a twist like something out of a spy novel, they found ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2018
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