How the virus spreads, mutates, and attacks humans
A mutation is a change in an organism’s genetic material. A virus survives by finding a host and using its living cells to ...
The curious history of life-saving viruses
Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in “The Living Medicine.” ...
BBC26 天
Are viruses alive? And other virus-related questions
In fact, viruses are the most diverse and numerous disease-causing organisms on Earth, infecting animals, plants, fungi and bacteria - as well as humans. Scientists have estimated that if each ...
Scientists discover a new giant virus that infects freshwater algae
Scientists from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences found forty new freshwater viruses infecting aquatic ...
Health and Me on MSN6 天
Can You Prevent Getting Sick After You Get Exposed To A Stomach Virus?
Our bodies are much more resilient than people know! Many times even when we contract a disease, the initial fevers and ...
Nature24 天
Hidden players: the bacteria-killing viruses of the gut microbiome
But there is another component of the gut microbiome that receives less attention: viruses. Wherever there are bacteria, viruses called bacteriophages lurk in prodigious quantities. These bacteria ...
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Our bathrooms are viral ‘islands,’ study finds
The microorganisms discovered in the recent Northwestern University study are called bacteriophage or “phage,” a type of ...